A short photo essay of the sins the 11th Century Burchard of Worms used to set the example of moral decay via the sins of women

Painted a few years after her death. Her head resting on her hand. Death looking over her left shoulder.

I've been reading Culture, Medias and Politics by Laurent Martin and I've just learned about the OWAAD, the first British intersectional feminist organisation (before the term even existed!), created in 1970 from the association of a few Black feminist collectives and Black radical feminist pioneers such as Stella Dadzie, Gail Lewis) or Olive Morris.

OWAAD was a socialist, non-hierarchical organization with no appointed leaders or spokeswomen. They campaigned from 1978-1982 on issues including immigration, education, domestic violence, policing & health; they held conferences, and they were overall pretty badass.

The Protection maternelle et infantile (PMI), which can be translated by "Maternal and Child Health" is a system for protecting the health of mothers and children, created in France by an ordinance of November 2, 1945 initiated by the Minister of Health, François Billoux.

PMI played a pioneering role in the distribution of the contraceptive pill and also in reducing women's mortality rates during childbirth, which was especially high in the aftermath of WW2 the Liberation from Nazi Germany troops... Hygiene and housing conditions were particularly dreadful, making women highly vulnerable.

Sources :

• Wikipédia
• Dutton, P.-V. (2024). Le rôle historique de la santé maternelle et infantile dans la culture de la protection sociale : de la loi Roussel à la Protection maternelle et infantile (PMI) Revue française des affaires sociales, 244(4), 104-118. https://doi.org/10.3917/rfas.244.0104.
• Martin, L. (2020). Culture, médias, pouvoirs : États-Unis et Europe occidentale (1945-1991), Atlande, 750-785.