Women's history

Queen Victoria of Great Britain with her husband, Prince Albert, and their nine children. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Queen Victoria’s children

Two girls are tried for witchcraft in a courtroom scene

What were the Salem Witch Trials?

Medieval punishments, Toulouse, 14th century. (Photo by Photo12/UIG via Getty Images)

How bloody was medieval life?

Black and white image of the Victorian memorial statue of Florence Nightingale 1820-1910 in London, England, UK who was an English nurse known as 'the lady with the lamp, who cared for wounded soldiers in the Crimean War

Why Florence Nightingale was so much more than the ‘Lady with the Lamp’

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Florence Nightingale

The life and legend of Florence Nightingale . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Victorian family. (Photo by Sean Sexton-Getty images)

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

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Linda Porter

Linda Porter “You’ve got to be impressed by how these women played the system” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Coco Chanel photographed in Paris, c1936

Chanel and the Riviera . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Linda Porter.

The mistresses of Charles II . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Julian of Norwich holds her famous book in a sculpture at the doors of Norwich Cathedral. (Photo by Creative Commons Wiki)

Julian of Norwich: Janina Ramirez hails ‘the female Chaucer’

Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene: why do people want to believe she was a sinner and prostitute?

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Viking women.(Illustration by Laura Grace Haines)

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The figure Mulan on a silk print, c19th century

General ancient history

Mulan: the history of the Chinese legend behind the film

Portrait of Queen Anne

Queen Anne’s reputation: why isn’t she more fondly remembered?

Two scenes from the Chronique de St Denis, late 14th century. The left-hand scene depicts the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France in 1137. The scene on the right shows Louis departing by ship to go on the Second Crusade in 1147. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Eleanor of Aquitaine: the medieval queen who took on Europe’s most powerful men