Photo of Mabel Capper and Patricia Woodlock advertising a meeting, Manchester, Lancashire, July 1908

Women's history

Illustration of Brunhilda of Austrasia

The real Brunhild? The Visigothic princess behind the Norse saga

An aerial view of Tahiti

Jeanne Baret: the first known woman to circumnavigate the globe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Melisende of Jerusalem

Melisende of Jerusalem: the queen of a crusader kingdom

Madness, property and power: the strange case of Mary Davies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A bust of Queen Nefertiti of Ancient Egypt. (Photo by Oliver Lang/AFP/Getty Images)

Your guide to Egypt’s sun queen Nefertiti

The changing shape of slimming clubs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women fighters of the Jewish resistance with Judy Batalion

Women fighters of the Jewish resistance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why are we fascinated by ‘evil women’?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bloodied feet, outrageous breasts and the sinister power of a hair cut: a history of the body

Roland Philipps tells the story of Mathilde Carré

Traitor or triple agent? The WW2 spy Mathilde Carré. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

17th century engraving showing the execution by hanging of four witches. (Photo by Fototeca Gilardi/Getty Images)

QuizWould you have been accused of witchcraft?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The bigamy trial that scandalised Georgian England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women prisoners in 19th-century Ireland. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) by Joseph Highmore (Photo by Alamy)

The feminist who waged war on smallpox. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Traffickers on trial: the sensational case of Lydia Harvey. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: your guide to the poet’s life, work and love

500 years of women’s self-portraits. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ammonite and the real fossil hunter Mary Anning. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kate VigursThe women of SOE in WW2 France. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jayaben Desai salutes fellow pickets at the Grunwick film processing factory in 1977

The Grunwick protests: remembering the 1970s strike for migrant workers' rights

Virginia Woolf, writer and critic. (Image by Getty Images)

Virginia Woolf: a brief guide to the writer's life

Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) and Charlotte Murchison (Saoirse Ronan) in Francis Lee's new film 'Ammonite'. (Photo courtesy of Lionsgate UK / See-Saw Films)

The real history behind Ammonite

Viking women gathered outside a home - illustration

What was life like for Viking women?

Police lead away a suffragettes, arrested for chaining herself to the railings of Buckingham Palace

Female activism: 10 remarkable protests from around the world

Rebels, hostages and diplomats: royal women of the crusader states. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Marie Antoinette

Q&ADid Marie Antoinette really say “let them eat cake”?

A medieval illustration of women fighting and toiling alongside men during a siege

Crusader queens: the formidable female rulers of Jerusalem

The big questions of women’s history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nell Gwyn was a mistress of King Charles II

Nell GywnThe orange girl who became a king's mistress in Restoration England

Mary Anning was an extremely prolific fossil hunter

Mary Anning: the woman who hunted dinosaurs