Hunger Strikes and Baby Units: Women and prison health
29 May 2025, 18:00 - 19:30
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An online talk on the history of maternal health and women campaigners in the prison system.
It was the poor standards of maternity care in women’s prisons that led to the introduction of the first trained nurses to Holloway Prison in 1919. In this talk, Rachel Bennett outlines the history of maternal health in the prison system, while Ian Miller explores another side of women’s health: the experience of women’s rights campaigners and others on hunger strike in prisons.
Image: Suffragette chained to railings (The Women’s Library at LSE)
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