Women's history

Wrens worked as code-breakers at Bletchley Park.

Second World War

Female codebreakers: the women of Bletchley Park

Dick, Kerr Ladies football team during World War I

Q&A Why was women’s football banned?

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

Lucrezia Borgia with her father Pope Alexander VI

Lucrezia Borgia: is her bad reputation deserved?

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

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’

Matilda (circa 1031-1083) was Queen Consort of William the Conqueror. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

Norman women: the power behind the thrones