Violence in women
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
16.7 Female, Widowed, Over 65 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, January 1947
Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents
"This old woman is weak mentally, has always been quarrelsome and given to fighting, a domestic tyrant, now dying of diabetes. A widow. Husband was a farmer. They are all a feeble minded family, always quarrelling. Home conditions: Clean, overcrowded, inharmonious (nurse). Died. Had a stroke some time ago."
Relatives in survey: Children [16.8, 16.11, 16.10].
Dates:
Other: January 1947
16.16 Female, Widowed, Over 65 yrs, Senile and Arterio-sclerotic psychoses, January 1944
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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents
"Came from R.H. where she had been for about 3 months during which time she has been gradually deteriorating in mentality and habits. Acts of violence have been becoming more frequent and she has a habit of throwing things at anyone near her without provocation e.g. throwing a cup of tea over newly born baby. Her language is obscene and objectionable. Her conversation is incoherent at times and at other times she can give a fairly good account of herself. Nurse confirms: This woman has two...
Dates:
Other: January 1944
34.43 Female, Single, 45-54 yrs, Hysteria, January 1946
Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/33
Scope and Contents
"This woman was a nervous wreck for years and years. She still imagines she is ill, but has recovered and is able to work as a shop assistant. Nurse says she has a nervous manner and an awful laugh. An incomer, quarrelled with her own people, went to stay with other friends but quarrelled with them. Dr confirms - when he visited her once she was lying in a state of catalepsy - he said she wasn't really ill and she arose in a fury and threw cushions etc. at him until he was driven from her...
Dates:
Other: January 1946
35.18 Female, Married, 45-54 yrs, High grade mental defective, June 1947
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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/34
Scope and Contents
"Dull and backward woman, her husband's second wife. Children get out of hand. Nurse thinks she is OK, decent and simple. PC confirms - husband a farm worker, used to have to get the police to her. She had a terrific temper. House not very clean. Minister confirms - a strange woman, loses control of herself times."
Dates:
Other: June 1947
16.114 Male, Single, 14 yrs and under, Maladjusted child, December 1946
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Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents
"Very shy, well behaved boy, rather small for his age. He speaks in a very quiet voice which is hardly audible at first. Flushes when addressed. Takes nightmares and sleep walks ever since the bombs fell in 1941. His father attributes this to the bombing and he wakes up each night at the same time as the bombs fell. [Male informant] thinks this child is a bit backward but nice. No public assistance. Nurse: Good home. Mother is a terrible bad-tempered woman, thrashes him, 30+. Nurse says...
Dates:
Other: December 1946
16.115 Female, Married, 25-34 yrs, Undiagnosed, March 1947
Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/17/1/15
Scope and Contents
"Said to be a terrible bad-tempered woman, thrashes her son. Vile temper, highly strung."
Relatives in survey: son 16.114
Dates:
Other: March 1947
Lesbian Line's Business Letters, 6 Jan 1993 - 1 Sep 1993
File
Identifier: GD61/4/2/2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence received by Lesbian Line on the following topics: planning for International Women’s Day; requests for information and publicity material about Lesbian Line; a booklet on menopause; the Gender Audit 1993; the 1994 Edition of the Edinburgh Women’s Directory; the British Broadcast Corporation’s (BBC) Video Nation project; Edinburgh District Council’s Zero Tolerance of Violence Against Women month; and the Lesbian Line Safe Sex leaflet.A copy of the International...
Dates:
6 Jan 1993 - 1 Sep 1993
Res.5.19 Married couple, ages unknown, corporation tenants, female interviewer, 7 December 1961
Item
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S3/4/2/5/19
Scope and Contents
Neighbours: INTVEE likes the district and immediate neighbours, there are 30 children in the stair. Refers to physical fights between the women at times. When interviewee's husband leaves to walk her mother home she says "It's so dark here you know, it's not safe. It's not safe for my mum to walk home alone".Finance: Confides that she feels the weight of responsibility and anxiety for the family. Had brought up rent arrears to the almoner while in hospital having a baby. Husband...
Dates:
Other: 7 December 1961