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

Women's history

A portrait of Anne Lister

Victorian

The real Gentleman Jack: the secret life of Anne Lister, Britain's ‘first modern lesbian’

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

Four flapper women line up along a wall and chug bottles of liquor in the 1920s.

20th Century

Flappers, sanitary pads and public drinking: was the 1920s a time of increased liberation for women?

A 16th-century portrait of Bess of Hardwick. Bess's talent, ambition and eye for a well-connected husband elevated her to dizzying levels of wealth and power in Tudor England. (Photo by Bridgeman Art Library)

Tudor

Bess of Hardwick: schemer, social climber, scourge of Elizabeth I

A stone statue of a woman's torso with a drop of blood over the abdomen, representing women's bodies and menstruation

General History

A history of menstruation

c1935: Beatrice Shilling sits astride her Norton motorcycle. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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5 women inventors you should know about from history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History

QuizWomen's history

Picture of a 19th-century bloomer costume

General Modern

Q&AWhen did women start wearing trousers?

Ancient Greece

The real Amazons: how the legendary warrior women inspired fighters, feminists and Wonder Woman

A portrait of Flora MacDonald, who found fame as a Jacobite heroine sailing Bonnie Prince Charlie to safety

Georgian

Who was Flora MacDonald?

L to R: Marie Antoinette of France, Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Hurrem (also known as Roxelana)

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Queens know best: survival lessons from powerful historical women. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration depicting a woman lying in bed who has recently given birth to twins. Other women busy themselves with tasks around her, such as stoking a fire and holding one of the babies.

General History

Q&AWhere does the word ‘gossip’ come from – and what has it got to do with childbirth?

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, illustrated sitting on a throne

Anglo-Saxon

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians: the warrior queen who crushed the Vikings

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Fredegund and Brunhild: a tale of two queens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Periods, fertility & childbirth: a pre-modern history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Suspected witch Mary Sutton is “swum” in a Bedfordshire millpond in 1612, as shown in a contemporary illustration. (Picture by Getty Images)

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Witchfinding: what drove the hunters’ cruel crusade and what methods did they use?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Amelia Earhart, Princess Diana, Emmeline Pankhurst, Rosa Parks and Marie Curie. (Photo by Getty Images)

General Modern

20 inspirational quotes from women through history

English pilot Amy Johnson sat in a plane and wearing a helmet

20th Century

'Queen of the Air': the remarkable life of pioneering English aviator Amy Johnson

A portrait of Anne Boleyn

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The three French queens who inspired Anne Boleyn. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A late 16th century portrait of Anne Boleyn (c.1500-1536)

Tudor

Q&ADid Anne Boleyn have six fingers on one hand?

A portrait of Caroline of Ansbach

Georgian

Caroline of Ansbach: why George II's remarkable queen was the first iron lady of British politics

Actress Vesta Tilley poses with a bicycle while dressed in male uniform

General History

Drag kings: a brief history of male impersonators

Children's author Beatrix Potter as a young woman, c1892

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Why the real Beatrix Potter was more than her children’s tales. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of King Charles I

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Jane Whorwood: the royalists' secret weapon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lettice Knollys

Tudor

A Tudor love triangle: Elizabeth I, Lettice Knollys and Robert Dudley

An oil on panel portrait of Elizabeth Woodville

Plantagenet

Elizabeth Woodville: Edward IV’s controversial queen consort

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Three female civil rights pioneers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Maria Sibylla Merian, by Jacob Marrel, 1679 (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

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Maria Sibylla Merian: the artist who challenged the natural world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Emily Soldene, actress, writer and rebel

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