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Women's history

Boudica: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Emily Anderson: codebreaking pioneer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why did a suffragette attack ‘The Rokeby Venus’ with a meat cleaver?

Anne Boleyn: a modern woman?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Katherine ParrWhy Henry VIII's sixth wife was a true firebrand

Suffragettes history facts: 10 things you might not know about the Votes for Women campaigners

8 famous suffragettes and votes for women campaigners

What was the difference between the suffragists and the suffragettes?

Deeds not words | 6. Mission accomplished?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Deeds not words | 5. Burning down the house. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Deeds not words | 4. Cat and mouse. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Deeds not words | 3. Making a statement. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Deeds not words | 2. Pankhurst family portrait. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Deeds not words | 1. Battlelines are drawn. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Challenging gender in the Victorian Age: the 'masculine' New Woman and 'effeminate' New Man. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 17th-century scandal & a writer's secret life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Emily Davison: the suffragette who stepped in front of the king's horse

Video podcastBreastfeeding in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Breastfeeding in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Roman holiday: when emperor Hadrian became a tourist of ancient Egypt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gertrude Ederle: the first woman to swim the English Channel

Forgotten women writers of the Renaissance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Maria Theresa: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Agent Zo: spying against the Nazis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Did women have good friendships in the Regency era?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From balls to Bridgerton: a brief history of debutantes and the social season

Inside the six wives' bedchamber: the stories of Tudor ladies-in-waiting. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tudor ladies-in-waiting: the women who served Henry VIII's queens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Agony and adventure: the hidden histories inside women's diaries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Life beyond the margins: female diarists through time. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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