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

Women's history

Junko Tabei and Ang Tsering pictured on the slopes of Everest

Q&AWho was the first woman to climb Everest?

Replicas of necklaces belonging to Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's fourth wife (Photo by Angela-Treasures For A Queen - Etsy)

Queens of bling: the importance of jewellery to Henry VIII's six wives. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Wife of Bath

The Wife of Bath: how Chaucer's character gives a voice to medieval women. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A depiction of Queen Cleopatra, c50 BC

Who was Cleopatra? Her life, her love affairs and her children, plus 6 little-known facts

Composite image of depictions of Queen Cleopatra

The face of Cleopatra: what did she look like, and was she really so beautiful?

Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

The real story of Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte: from glittering courts to tragic decline

Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Wales, (1796-1817), was the only daughter of George IV. Engraving by Henry Thomas Ryall (English, 1811-1867), after an original painting by Alfred Edward Chalon.

Princess Charlotte of Wales: the original people's princess

La Belle Assemblee - British women's magazine published 1806-1837, founded by John Bell (1745-1831), now best known for its Regency era fashion plates from "Fashions and Fashion Plates 1800-1900", by James Laver. [Penguin Books Limited, London and New York, 1943]. Artist Unknown.

Was the Regency era a good time to be a woman?The truth not seen in Bridgerton

India Amarteifio as young Queen Charlotte in episode 1 of 'Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story'.

Royal enlightenmentThe intellectual life of Queen Charlotte. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kathrine Swizter.

Kathrine SwitzerThe shocking image from Boston Marathon in 1967. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Royal Observatory, commissioned by Charles II in 1675, on a hill in Greenwich Park, London (Photo by: Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Art, culture and science in the Restoration period. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

(l-r) Blanche, Marguerite and Jeanne of Burgundy, three sisters at the heart of a royal scandal and succession crisis in medieval France (Photos by The Picture Art Collection and ACTIVE MUSEUM / ACTIVE ART / Alamy Stock Photo)

Scandalous sisters: how three French princesses brought down the Capetian dynasty

Marriage, Middlemarch & male pseudonyms: George Eliot’s unconventional life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women & the crusades: patronage, propaganda & prayer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Eleanor of Aquitaine’s female power network. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Madame Restell: the abortionist who shocked and fascinated 19th-century New York. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Wrens help transport a torpedo to a submarine in Portsmouth, 1943. The WRNS was viewed as the most exclusive of the women’s auxiliary services (Photo by Lt. J A Hampton/ Imperial War Museums via Getty Images)

Second World War

Wrens at warLife in the Women's Royal Naval Service in WW2

Women's history podcast episodes

Njinga: queen, warrior, diplomat. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sirens, succubi & sex symbols: a history of female monsters. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Frida Kahlo painting

Who was Frida Kahlo?Her life and legacy

Sisters in armsThe Women's Liberation Movement

Black and white photo of a group of women marching while holding a sign saying 'International Women's Day'

A brief history of International Women's Day: what is it and why do we celebrate it?

Suffragettes attempt to attack the house by airship. Miss Muriel Matters with megaphone, Hendon airfields, London. 16th February 1909

Muriel MattersThe well-spoken women’s rights hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Women's rights in the 20th century: what happened after the vote was won?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Breastfeeding: a cultural history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fearless female voices of the Spanish Civil War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Female spies who forged the CIA. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A depiction of Empress Wu Zetian

Empress Wu ZetianThe only woman to rule China