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Serena photographed women, famous, at work and play and generally going about their business. These photographs are taken around the streets of Islington where Serena lived. A snapshot of the lives of women in the 1970s.

written on the back of the print by Serena Wadham:
'at a 'self-help' demonstration'

Written on the back of the print by Serena Wadham :
'Debi Law, 22, with "Del Em".'
This was a name given to the equipment by Carol Downer and Lorraine Rothmans who set up these clinics in the early 1970s

A note from Christine Sparks to Serena Wadham.
'Dear Ms Wadham
Thank you for sending us your material for us to consider.
I am sorry to say that I don't think our readers are quite ready for the kind of frankness shown in this article, but I am…

Written on the back of the print by Serena Wadham:
'at Kingsgate Womens' centre, women are shown how to examine their own cervix with the help of a speculum, a torch, and a mirror.'

A box of related items.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s some feminists involved in the Womens' Liberation Movement of that time, encouraged women take control of their bodies by learning to examine themselves using a speculum, a torch and a…

Written on the back by Serena Wadham;
'A>P>S> Classes Junior 3 and 4 and Rabbi WILSCHANSKI reading the weekly portion of the law after Friday morning assembly'

Written on the back by Serena Wadham:'H.G.S. Academic standard is high, 4 places at Cambridge (England) this autumn, 2 of them scholarships'

written on the back by Serena Wadham:
'H>G>S> Jewish studies, by reading Hebrew'

The plaque reads:
'Mr Israel Kliger has named this room in memory of his relative Mrs Leah Pruschenonski of Lodz who died in concentration camp during the war'
Also written in Hebrew.