Women's history

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England’s Norman queens and the power they wielded: an interview with Alison Weir

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Queen Victoria behind closed doors . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'Poldark' character Aunt Agatha (left) draws our attention to the often-ignored figure of the 18th-century spinster, says Hannah Greig. (Image credit: BBC/Mammoth Screen/Robert Viglasky)

The real history behind ‘Poldark’ series three: episode six

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Test pilot Melitta Schiller (right), Berlin, June 1943. (Photo by DRK/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

The women who flew for Hitler: an interview with Clare Mulley . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Library Female flyers in Nazi Germany . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Seven princesses with the name ‘Cleopatra’ are credited as sitting on the throne of Egypt. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Q&A How many Cleopatras ruled Ancient Egypt?

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Ælfthryth: England’s first queen

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Queen Victoria’s dinners and Henry VIII’s niece . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A series of images depicting Victorian women wearing crinolines, c1860. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Stitching the fashions of the 19th century: who dressed the 19th-century elite?

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From left: Fern Riddell, a cultural historian specialising in sex and suffrage; Janina Ramirez, a broadcaster and historian based at the University of Oxford; Joann Fletcher, a broadcaster and writer, and an Egyptologist at the University of York; Anna Whitelock, a historian of royal and early modern history, based at Royal Holloway, University of London. (Photography by Helen Atkinson)

What is it like to be a female historian in the 21st century? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps find another use for discarded helmets in France during the First World War. (Alamy)

Female Tommies: women in the First World War

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What’s it like to be a female historian in the 21st century? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Women in popular history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ruth Williams Khama: first lady of Botswana

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The French ballerina who became wealthier than Queen Victoria