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

Women's history

Emily Anderson: codebreaking pioneer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mary Richardson attacking the painting The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velazquez

Why did a suffragette attack ‘The Rokeby Venus’ with a meat cleaver?

Anne Boleyn: a modern woman?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Katherine Parr

Katherine ParrWhy Henry VIII's sixth wife was a true firebrand

Suffragettes armed with materials to chain themselves to railings

Suffragettes history facts: 10 things you might not know about the Votes for Women campaigners

Suffragette Annie Kenney

8 famous suffragettes and votes for women campaigners

A group of suffragists picket outside the House of Commons and holding signs.

What was the difference between the suffragists and the suffragettes?

Deeds not words | 6. Mission accomplished?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Deeds not words | 5. Burning down the house. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Deeds not words | 4. Cat and mouse. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Deeds not words | 3. Making a statement. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Deeds not words | 2. Pankhurst family portrait. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Deeds not words | 1. Battlelines are drawn. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women enjoy life on two wheels in this 1895 photograph. The bicycle was a key part of the image of the ‘New Woman’ (Photo by Glasshouse Images/Alamy Stock Photo)

Challenging gender in the Victorian Age: the 'masculine' New Woman and 'effeminate' New Man. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Woman reads about the D-Day invasion in a newspaper

The women’s work that made D-Day a success. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 17th-century scandal & a writer's secret life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Emily Davison, photographed a few days before she was fatally injured after stepping in front of the king's horse during the Derby

Emily Davison: the suffragette who stepped in front of the king's horse

Video podcastBreastfeeding in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Breastfeeding in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cupids on a galley in the Nile, as depicted in a second-century AD mosaic (Photo by Bildarchiv Steffens/Bridgeman Images)

Roman holiday: when emperor Hadrian became a tourist of ancient Egypt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A composite image of athlete Gertrude Ederle and actor Daisy Ridley

Gertrude Ederle: the first woman to swim the English Channel

Forgotten women writers of the Renaissance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Maria Theresa: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Agent Zo: spying against the Nazis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Engraving of Jane Austen and her sister Cassandra doing needlework in the rectory garden.

Did women have good friendships in the Regency era?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From balls to Bridgerton: a brief history of debutantes and the social season

A 19th-century painting shows Henry VIII meeting Anne Boleyn, as ladies-in-waiting and courtiers look on (Photo by Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo)

Inside the six wives' bedchamber: the stories of Tudor ladies-in-waiting. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tudor ladies-in-waiting: the women who served Henry VIII's queens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Part of a 19th-century letter (Photo by whitemay/Getty)

Agony and adventure: the hidden histories inside women's diaries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Life beyond the margins: female diarists through time. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.