Women's history

Ruth Ellis and her friend Desmond Cussen, who supplied the gun with which she shot David Blakely. (Photo by Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy Stock Photo)

Ruth Ellis and the hanging that rocked a nation

England Women's World Cup squad, Mexico, 1971

The 1971 Women’s World Cup: game changers?

Pro-choice and pro-life advocates outside the Supreme Court in the 1970s, following the Roe v Wade decision. (Photo by Diana Walker//The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images)

A brief history of US abortion law, before and after Roe v Wade

Civilian and service personnel work together at code-breaking. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

Second World War

The women of Bletchley Park

Colour portrait of Jane Austen

8 things you (probably) didn’t know about Jane Austen

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From Mary, Queen of Scots to the FIFA Women’s World Cup: a brief history of women’s football

The Scotland women’s team, featuring international star Rose Reilly (centre, pictured playing in a French league), played their first official international match in 1972. (Photo by Daily Record/Mirropix/Getty Images)

A history of women’s football in Scotland

Elizabeth is borne from Westminster Abbey in a gold coach first used for the state opening of parliament by George III in 1762. (Getty Images)

Becoming Queen: Elizabeth II’s coronation

Nancy Astor. (Photo by Getty Images)

Rachel Reeves on women who changed politics

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria. (Getty Images)

Queen Victoria timeline: 9 milestones in the monarch’s life

1960s model. (Photo by Alamy)

Women in the 1960s

Gentleman Jack, Suranne Jones as Anne Lister (Photo by BBC/Lookout Point/Jay Brooks)

Gentleman Jack

A portrait of Anne Lister

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