Historical Omertà
Menopause is an inescapable fact of life. Why is history silent on it?
Gender
A Woman’s Place
Work was once deemed suitable for women only until they married. And it was not just men who thought that should be the case.
Last Stand of Dahomey’s Female Army
The women’s army, regarded as superior to its male counterpart, last saw action at Cana on 4 November 1892.
Women at War
How did women experience warfare in early medieval Britain?
No Girl Left Behind
While science and medicine advance, myths around menstruation persist.
Trading Places
Women and the birth of England’s stock market.
Disney Dreams
The alternative paths towards happiness and fulfilment in the postwar period.
‘Manless Climbing’
Breaking into the masculine public sphere of the interwar years.
A Hospital ‘Manned by Women’
The First World War offered new opportunities for enterprising female doctors.
Rediscovering Trans History
History at the boundaries of gender.