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Women's history

Sisters in arms: women at war during WW1. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women’s history: from 1066 to Margaret Thatcher. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Scotland’s last witch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Eleanor Glanville: butterfly collector. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General Early Modern

Eleanor Glanville: the butterfly collector

Great Reputations: Emmeline Pankhurst. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A brief history of women’s football: from Mary, Queen of Scots to the FIFA Women’s World Cup. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fulvia: the maligned wife of politicians who made herself the power broker of ancient Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroJulia Quinn chooses Harriet Tubman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Renaissance beauty regimes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A jujitsu-trained suffragette bodyguard. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The WAAF: the many behind the few. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War videoThe remarkable Women’s Auxiliary Air Force: 5 places that tell their story

Kate Mosse on pirate women & Huguenot refugees. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Margaret of Anjou: the 'she-wolf' queen who wouldn’t go quietly. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Alice MarbleThe tennis champion with multiple lives

A time of change: a history of our understanding of the menopause. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women on the front line, from forgotten commanders to cross-dressing soldiers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bessie Coleman: a boundary-breaking pilot who fought for her dream

From the home front to the front line: what were the roles of women in the Civil War?

5 things you should know about Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth Cromwell: the life of Oliver Cromwell’s shadowy queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pregnancy & childbirth in the 19th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How women helped sustain the slave trade. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Roman videoSex, scandal and slander: who was Messalina?

Becoming Queen: Elizabeth II’s coronation

Messalina: sex, slander & scandal in imperial Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWho was the first woman to climb Everest?

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

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.

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