Women's history

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Emmeline Pankhurst

My history hero: Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Elizabeth II in a garden with one of her dogs, March 1953. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

Elizabeth II: the queen who saved the royals

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Queen Victoria at home and a new Civil War museum . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Photo of female cyclist in 1885

Q&A Were there health scares caused by new technology in the past? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Female warriors from Benin

Q&A Has there ever been a women-only army?

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Emmeline Pankhurst's former Manchester home

History explorer: The fight for women’s suffrage . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Mistresses through history: the term wasn’t always about secret sex

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Princess Sophia Duleep Singh

Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Anita Anand.

Anita Anand on Sophia Duleep Singh: goddaughter of Queen Victoria and prominent campaigner for women’s rights . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Mary I of England, from the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Mary I: a highly impressive queen cut off in her prime

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Eleanor Roosevelt

My history hero: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Princess Victoria Melita: the British princess who scandalised the royal family

A portrait of Joan of Arc,

The real Joan of Arc

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The bloody world of Georgian female boxing

'The butterfly hunt' (1874) by Berthe Morisot

The Library First ladies of art: three trailblazing female artists from history