London’s iconic Feminist Library is set to move into its new home
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The unbelievable true story behind Victoria’s most heartbreaking episode
These moments were based on real events and real people.
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The women killed by Jack the Ripper are finally having their stories told
A new book, opera and TV series explore the lives of the serial killer’s victims. It’s a welcome break from our culture’s obsession with male murderers
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People
This nun faked her own death to pursue a life of ‘carnal lust’
Joan of Leeds created a dummy to fool her sisters
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10 queer female icons we should remember this LGBT History Month
From Audre Lorde to Marsha P Johnson, these women owned their identities in the face of discrimination.
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The most soothing podcasts to listen to when you can’t sleep
From ancient myths and legends to modern Hollywood mysteries
Travel
4 historic French feminist sites you can visit in real life
Better than your old school trips
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The story of the suffragist who inspired this year’s Women’s March on London
Born in Poland in 1882, Rose Schneiderman is credited with coining the phrase ‘Bread and Roses’.
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The true story of Jessie Knight, Britain’s first professional female tattooist
Knight’s gender made her an outsider in the tattoo industry, and her career made her an outsider in a world that saw tattoos as transgressive.
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My feminist icon: Caitlin Moran reveals why Mary Shelley inspires her the most
“She wrote a book that invented an entirely new genre – sci-fi”
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Christmas
This is the amazing story behind our love of Christmas cards
The UK invented the Christmas card – here's how
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My feminist icon: Deborah Frances-White reveals why Emilia Lanier inspires her the most
“Drink to Emilia and her iconic audacity, wit and triumph over every patriarchal adversity”
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Why you need to know about Edith Cavell’s remarkable life
It would’ve been her 153rd birthday, and she’s today's Google’s Doodle.
Visible Women
The incredible true story of the captured poet who wrote her way to freedom
Remembering Phyllis Wheatley, the first well-known black female poet in the western world and the first African-American to publish a book
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Visible Women
Who was Constance Markievicz, the first female MP?
A portrait of the suffragette and Irish revolutionary has just been gifted to the UK parliament. Here’s why she was so important.
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10 woman politicians who came ‘first’, from Nancy Astor to Diane Abbott
On the centenary of women being able to stand for parliament, we look back at a timeline of ‘firsts’ for women in politics.
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The true story of the WWI footballer and lesbian icon who scored 1,000 goals
Lily Parr was one of many women to play professional football during WWI and the greatest player of her era.
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Visible Women
How women’s football emerged from the munitions factories of WWI
Read the untold story of the women who stepped into the mens’ shoes in the factories and on the football pitch, too.
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People
“How it really feels to reenact the death of my own relatives every Bonfire Night”
"What my family did was wrong," says Hazel Southam. "But the Gunpowder Plot failed. They paid with their lives... and the futures of their families."
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- Hazel Southam
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How to nominate an inspiring woman from history for her own blue plaque
Just 14% of London’s blue plaques celebrate women – but you could change that.
Visible Women
The incredible true story of the first black woman to win gold at the Olympics
Alice Coachman made history at the 1948 Olympic Games – but her hometown’s white mayor still refused to shake her hand.
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