Women's history

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Princess Sophia Duleep Singh

Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Anita Anand.

Anita Anand on Sophia Duleep Singh: goddaughter of Queen Victoria and prominent campaigner for women’s rights . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Mary I of England, from the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Mary I: a highly impressive queen cut off in her prime

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Eleanor Roosevelt

My history hero: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Princess Victoria Melita: the British princess who scandalised the royal family

A portrait of Joan of Arc,

The real Joan of Arc

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The bloody world of Georgian female boxing

'The butterfly hunt' (1874) by Berthe Morisot

The Library First ladies of art: three trailblazing female artists from history

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Q&A How did World War I change women’s lives?

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Video: Tracy Borman on the Witches of Belvoir

The archaeologist and explorer Gertrude Bell (1868-1926). (Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Gertrude Bell: adventurer, diplomat, mountaineer and anti-suffragette

Christians ‘airbrushed women out of history’

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A portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft.

History hero Jo Brand chooses Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–97) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A portrait of the brilliant pianist and composer Clara Schumann.

My history hero: Clara Schumann (1819-96) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Alfred the Great and Æthelflæd, 13th century

The Anglo-Saxon cunning woman