Women's history

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Woman reads about the D-Day invasion in a newspaper

The women’s work that made D-Day a success . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Lisa Hilton Scandal WL

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

Emily Davison, photographed a few days before she was fatally injured after stepping in front of the king's horse during the Derby

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

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Vod Hannah Skoda WL

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

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Pod Hannah Skoda - Medieval breastfeeding WL

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

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Cupids on a galley in the Nile, as depicted in a second-century AD mosaic (Photo by Bildarchiv Steffens/Bridgeman Images)

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

A composite image of athlete Gertrude Ederle and actor Daisy Ridley

Gertrude Ederle: the first woman to swim the English Channel

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Pod Ramie Targoff Shakespeares sisters WL

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

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Life - Maria Teresa WL (1)

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

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Pod Clare Mulley Agent Zo WL

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

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Engraving of Jane Austen and her sister Cassandra doing needlework in the rectory garden.

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

Bridgerton. (L to R) Hannah Dodd as Francesca Bridgerton, Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in episode 301 of Bridgerton. Cr. Laurence Cendrowicz/Netflix © 2024

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

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A 19th-century painting shows Henry VIII meeting Anne Boleyn, as ladies-in-waiting and courtiers look on (Photo by Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo)

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

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Pod Nicola Clark - Waiting game WL

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

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Part of a 19th-century letter (Photo by whitemay/Getty)

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