Antiquity

1st-9th Centuries

10th-15th Centuries

• Ethelflaed (Aethelflaed) d. 918
  Saxon princess, ‘freedom figher’ and ruler of the Mercians
• The Querelle des Femmes

16th Century

17th Century

• Margaret Cavendish
• Bathsua Makin
• Jane Whorwood, 1612-1684
  Secret Agent and confidante of Charles I who played a key role in the English Civil War

18th Century

• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Writing wrongs?
  Women wordsmiths of the 18th and early 19th centuries

19th Century

• Augusta Ada Lady Lovelace
• Josephine Butler
• Octavia Hill
• Prostitution and the Contagious Diseases Acts
• Mary Somerville
• The married women's property acts
• Women and the bicycle
• Women and madness

20th Century

• Women in Hospital service in World War 1
• Lily Montagu, Religious Reformer and Social Worker
• Eglantyne Jebb, 1876-1928, Founder of Save the Children and champion of children’s rights
• Mary Stott, journalist and editor of The Guardian’s women’s page 1957-71
• Davies and Davison - is commemoration a matter of deeds versus words?

Cross Century Topics

• Railwaywomen: from backstage heroine to train driver
• Suffragists and Suffragettes: An overview of the Votes for Women campaign
• Women and femininity in the history of science
• Women car designers and designing cars for women
• Women’s access to higher education: An overview (1860-1948)

Portrait by 16th century woman artist Sofonisba Anguissola of a lady and her dog