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    A mother receives her newborn baby in a c1490 text written for Henry VII. Childbirth in the Middle Ages exposed both mother and child to great peril but, writes Elma Brenner, midwives had the expertise to intervene when complications arose. (Photo by Bridgeman)
    Medieval

    The medieval childbirth guide: 6 tips for pregnant mothers in the Middle Ages

    Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to receive a medical degree in the US
    Victorian

    Elizabeth Blackwell: the pioneering ‘first female doctor’, who entered medicine to prove a point

    Harriet Tubman (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
    Victorian

    Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad: how one woman saved hundreds from hell

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    An ink drawing of a London 'rag fair' where old clothes and textiles were traded, c1800. (Image by Alamy)
    Georgian

    Regency inequality: the gap between rich and poor in Georgian Britain

    Annie Gray portrait by Ian Farrell
    Victorian

    Annie Gray “For Queen Victoria, food was a way of exploring the world”

    Princess Feodora (left), half-sister of Queen Victoria (right)
    Victorian

    Princess Feodora: the little-known sister of Queen Victoria

    Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
    Georgian

    The real story of Bridgerton’s Queen Charlotte: from glittering courts to tragic decline

    Women queue for potatoes in a greengrocer's shop in London, c1945. (Photo by Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer/IWM via Getty Images)
    Second World War

    Saving food, saving lives: rationing in the Second World War

    A portrait of Helen Keller (1880-1968) holding a Braille volume, c1956. Keller, who was both blind and deaf, was an American writer, educator and advocate for the disabled. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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    9 things you (probably) didn’t know about Helen Keller

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    Queen Victoria in her coronation robes.
    Victorian

    Your guide to Queen Victoria and a timeline of her life – plus 16 fascinating facts

    Portrait of Anne of Cleves
    Tudor

    Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII’s most successful queen?

    A 19th-century engraving. A young woman plays a harp, singing a duet with a man holding the music book, Duets de L’Amour. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
    Georgian

    A survivor’s guide to Georgian marriage

    A portrait of Russian empress Catherine the Great
    Georgian

    Hypocrite, reactionary, usurper, sex maniac: is Catherine the Great’s reputation justified?

    Rege-Jean Page as Simon Basset and Phoebe Dynevor as Daphne Bridgerton
    Georgian

    Bridgerton: “A period drama like no other”

    Hannah Greig, historian and etiquette advisor to new Netflix show Bridgerton, joins us to talk about the historical detail that can be found in the drama. (Image courtesy Netflix)
    Georgian

    Bridgerton: ripping up the rulebook on Regency romance

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