Women's history

10 facts about Wuthering Heights author Emily Brontë

Portrait of the Bronte sisters

The Brontës: the unfortunate and unlikely tale of the world’s “greatest literary sisters”

Carved wall scene depicting Cleopatra at Dendera Temple

Cleopatra: what is the real legacy of the last pharaoh?

Portrait of Catherine Howard

11 facts about Catherine Howard

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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, 1469. (Photo by Getty Images)

Medieval queens: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Eleanor de Montfort, from a 13th-century manuscript. (Photo by Alamy)

At home with the medieval aristocracy . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Phillipa Soo, Renee Elise Goldsberry and Jasmine Cephas Jones as the Schuyler sisters in 'Hamilton'. (Image: Disney+)

The women of Hamilton: Angelica, Eliza and… Maria Reynolds

Phyllis Schlafly

The woman who opposed equality with men: Phyllis Schlafly and the real history behind Mrs. America

Taking of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, Painting by Emile Signol (1804–1892), (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

Blog Medieval(ish) matters 11: Did women fight in the crusades? And why did people follow a goose to the Holy Land?

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A 13th-century illumination showing the coronation of Foulques and Melisende. (Photo by Alamy)

Women and the crusades . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women load up scrap metal at a major steelworks, 1942. During the Second World War, the government opened hundreds of nurseries to encourage women into work but, as Britain returned to peace, most closed. (Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Who’s holding the baby? How working mothers navigated the 20th century

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c1935: Beatrice Shilling sits astride her Norton motorcycle. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

History hero Cathy Newman chooses Beatrice Shilling (1909–1990) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Emma and her sons, miniature in 'Encomium Emmae reginae', mid 11th century, British Library (Photo by Getty Images)

Are women at the heart of the action in the Norman Conquest?

The coronation of Philippa of Hainault

How did Philippa of Hainault, wife of Edward III, become one of medieval England’s best-loved queens?

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Two nannies stop for a chat while walking their charges in a London park, March 1916 (Photo by Getty Images)

Working mothers . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.