Dossier 2 - Katharine Whitehorn's correspondence by date

19 files

Letters 1964-1967
Mainly readers's letters in reaction to her columns in the Observer on topics such as a mission hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan, living without sex, banning the Concord, the English language and grammar, and 'Grass widows'.

Letters March 1978 to February 1979
Mainly readers's letters in reaction to her columns in the Observer on topics such as skateboarding, child murder, equality, spring mattresses, sixth form colleges, electoral reform, retirement, health issues and hospitals, complaints by many gay activists about the use of the word 'pouffe' and letters regarding her various books. Some readers ask for advice on familiy, health and general living issues. Whitehorn's replies have not been kept. Also includes invitations to events, suggestions for and submission of articles.

Letters June to December 1980
Mainly readers's letters in reaction to her columns in the Observer on topics such as working mothers, tax credits, unisex hairstyling salons, the women's movement, Oxford students. Some letters are addressed to Adam Raphael about his article on working wives and tax allowances in December 1980. Also includes invitations to events and suggestions for articles.

Letters January to December 1981
Mainly readers's letters in reaction to her columns in the Observer on topics such as living with severely handicapped children, the health system, caring for elderly relatives, sedating babies, film ratings, video recorders, management of pain, new divorce laws, technocrats, the government's plans for charging foreign visitors for health treatment, divorcees' pensions, shorter books, and euthanasia.
Also includes invitations to events and to give speeches.

Letters September 1982 to March 1983
Mainly readers's letters in reactions to her columns in the Observer on topics such as middle-aged women, set dancing, bringing up children, faith, boating, causes of offence, finding socks, hypermarkets, and violence.
Also includes suggestions for articles, submissions and invitations to events and to give speeches.

Letters March 1983 to December 1983
Mainly readers's letters in reaction to her columns in the Observer on topics such as homosexuality, Observer people, voluntary workers, marital minority, women in top positions, trade unions, air travelling, cars, India, homecare services, paedophilia, incest, secretaries and stereotypes, crime bill, teachers, and cohabiting.
Also includes suggestions for articles, submissions and invitations to events and to give speeches, congratulations on her appointment to rector of St Andrew's University, copy of a speech delivered by Katharine Whitehorn at the India International Centre in 1983 entitled 'The Press in Britain'.

Letters September 1983 to January 1984
Mainly readers's letters in reaction to her columns in the Observer on topics such as divorce, NHS, holistic medicine, Quakers, unemployment, the Parkinson affair, Bruce Kent, child abuse, design of household appliances, and the use of euphemisms.
Also includes suggestions for articles, submissions and invitations to events and to give speeches, congratulations on her appointment to the Board of the Nationwide Building Society.

Letters March 1985 to August 1985
Mainly readers's letters in reaction to her columns in the Observer on topics such as unemployment, taking drugs and medicines, overprotective parents, caring for the elderly, diet, Uri Geller, the welfare state, means test, fathers, and traffic wardens.
Also includes suggestions for articles, submissions and invitations to events and to give speeches, congratulations on her honorary doctorate from St. Andrew's university.

Letters September 1985 to December 1985
Mainly readers's letters in reaction to her columns in the Observer on topics such as architecture, Equal Opportunities Commission, animal testing, demand for more public seating, balance in broadcasting, taxes, hooliganism, race relations, alternative medicine, pharmacists, and smiling.

Also includes suggestions for articles, submissions and invitations to events and to give speeches, letter from Mary Stott.

Letters January 1986 to July 1986
Mainly readers's letters in reaction to her columns in the Observer on topics such as science, the paranormal, Uri Geller, the modern office, G.K. Chesterton, health, the British Medical Association (BMA), gender relations, alternative medicines, ecology, monarchy, pensions, civil service, children leaving home, early retirement, the BBC, filing, and smoking.
Also includes suggestions for articles, submissions and invitations to events and to give speeches.

Letters November 1986 to March 1987
Mainly readers's letters in reaction to her columns in the Observer on topics such as AIDS and homosexuality, the financial world, single sex and co-education, life-styles of academics, kitchens and comfort, and architecture.
Also includes suggestions for articles, submissions and invitations to events and to give speeches.

Letters March 1987 to September 1987
Mainly readers's letters in reaction to her columns in the Observer on topics such as self-catering, maps, holidays, on being a secretary, social security benefits, sex discrimination, literary agents, social equity, the world's most influential women, maps, care for the elderly, debt, worms, executive dressing, unemployment, competition, alcoholism, and accidents.
Also includes suggestions for articles, submissions and invitations to events and to give speeches.

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