Women's history

The women whose notable contributions to history have shaped the world.

A Viking warrior women

Three little known warrior women from history

Edith Wilson

Edith Wilson: America's First (Acting) Female President

Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech Ring by Laura Knight | Wikimedia | Public Domain

Civilian professions during WW2

Simone Segouin a French Partisan Who Captured 25 Nazis in the Chartres Region | Public Domain | Wikipedia

Women in the French Resistance

Lettice Curtis, Jenny Broad, Wendy Sale Barker, Gabrielle Patterson and Pauline Gower of the Air Transport Auxilary in 1942 | Public Domain | Wikimedia

The women of the Battle of Britain

A photo of Dick, Kerr Ladies team in 1921

When women’s football was bigger than men’s

Emmeline Pankhurst founded the WSPU in 1903

The lives of the Suffragettes

Was Emily Brontë a feminist?

The Vikings: the original feminists?

A photograph of a 'Danger Deep Water' sign in the UK

The UK’s most dangerous rivers

A stock photo of a fingerprint and a magnifying glass

Invisible Agents by Nadine Akkerman

Mumbai, Maharashtra/India - April 6, 2019 : A young girl dressed up as Rani Lakshmi Bai with a sword, riding the horse, leading the procession of people,

Lakshmi Bai and the Indian Rebellion of 1857

Bronze statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, a British political activist and leader of the suffragette movement, in St Peter's Square, Manchester.

Taking Up The Cause: How Women Won the Vote

Mary Anning

Mary Anning: A pioneer of palaeontology

Aphra Behn and Female Espionage

A photograph of a pirate flag in the wind

5 Famous Female Pirates

Photo of suffragette Emily Davison

Did the suffragettes do more harm than good?

Dr Helen Sharman

HISTORY's Forgotten People: Helen Sharman

Lyudmila Pavlichenko looking through the eyesight of her gun

History's deadliest female sniper: 'Lady Death'