Women's history

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HistoryExtra Women of the Middle Ages Masterclass with Janina Ramirez King Jadwiga . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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HistoryExtra Women of the Middle Ages Masterclass with Janina Ramirez The Loftus Princess . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth II poses for a portrait in Buckingham Palace in December 1958

Queen Elizabeth II 50+ facts about her life and reign

An illustration of fossil hunter Dorothea Bate

Dorothea Bate: A fearless fossil hunter

Bridal accessories, including lace gloves and pearls (Alchemia | Dreamstime.com)

Beyond fashion: 6 accessories that reveal changing attitudes in society, from the Georgians to the 20th century

A third-century monument of a Roman woman having her hair styled by slaves, from Germany. High-status women on the frontiers, including at Hadrian's Wall, tried to follow the latest Roman fashions (Photo by DEA / M. BORCHI / Getty Images)

Roman Britain: what six objects can reveal about life for women at Hadrian’s Wall

Illustration showing woman receiving a caesarean section

General History

Q&A What are the origins of the caesarean section?

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How one woman liberated a notorious US slave jail . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

National Woman’s Party activists sew a star onto their ‘ratification flag'

Why we should remember… The 19th amendment

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Countryside campaigners: four women who fought for our green spaces . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Is Queen Henrietta Maria’s rotten reputation deserved? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Reverend Spencer Parsons, head of the Chicago branch of the Clergy Consultation Service (CCS), an interfaith group dedicated to helping women obtain abortions before 'Roe v Wade'

The American clergy who helped women get abortions before Roe v Wade

A composite image of Elizabeth I, Mary I and Elizabeth of York

How Elizabeth of York paved the way for her granddaughters to rule

Rosalind Franklin as seen in a 1956 photo

Why we should remember… Rosalind Franklin’s pioneering scientific career

Head of the Ancient Egyptian Queen Tiye

15 minutes of fame Joyce Tyldesley chooses Queen Tiye