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

Women's history

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

An Edwardian family seated at a dinner table

What was life like for women in Edwardian Britain?

Nancy Astor campaigning

How the battle for female suffrage in Britain was won. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mavia of Tanukh, illustration by Lynn Hatzius

Mavia Of TanukhWarrior queen of Arabia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of figures holding hand

The long fight over abortion rights in the United States. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting of Marie Antoinette in 1775

How Marie Antoinette waged a battle for survival. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph of Constance Markievicz (Picture by Alamy)

Constance Markievicz’s fight for a free Ireland

Elizabeth Garret Anderson seated at a desk reading

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: the first woman to qualify as a doctor in Britain

Edda Mussolini, c1929

Second World War

Edda Ciano & Hilde Beetz: how the women stood up to Hitler

Warrior queens & quiet revolutionaries: forgotten women from history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

sabella Bird Bishop (1831-1904), 1880. (Photo by Elliot & Fry/Royal Geographical Society via Getty Images)

Isabella Bird: transatlantic trailblazer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hidden livesVictorian fasting girls

A carving of Tutankhamun and his young wife Ankhesenamun

The forgotten women in Tutankhamun’s tomb

A propaganda photograph showing a typical German family eating the Eintopf, a cost-saving stew promoted by the Third Reich

Second World War

The stomach for the fight: the food policies used by the Nazis to maintain control in the Third Reich

Actor Viola Davis (right) holds a weapon aloft in new feature film The Woman King, inspired by the stories of female warriors in Dahomey

The warrior ‘Amazons’ of Dahomey

Two-Penny Whist, published January 11, 1796, James Gillray (English, 1756-1815), published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818), England, Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper, 231 × 334 mm (image), 247 × 350 mm (plate), 270 × 384 mm (sheet). (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

15 minutes of fameHannah Greig chooses Hannah Humphrey

Image of Aina Forbes Bonetta and her husband, James Davies (GettyImages-3318942)

15 minutes of fameHannah Cusworth chooses Aina Forbes Bonetta

Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, c1860, (left) and actor Devrim Lingnau as Elisabeth in Netflix drama The Empress.

Sisi: the tragic life of the lost and lonely Empress Elisabeth of Austria

What can one woman reveal about Jewish life in medieval England?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hannah HumphreyEntrepreneurial Georgian printseller. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Love, marriage & wallpaper: the artistic lives of Jane and William Morris. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Queen Elizabeth wearing a hat against a blue background

In picturesQueen Elizabeth II through the decades