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A 1917 photograph of the Russian Women’s Death Battalion and their leader Maria ‘Yashka’ Bochkareva (1889-1920), a Russian war hero. Also present is the British activist for women's rights Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928).

A photograph of women working in an armaments factory in Yorkshire, England during the Second World War (1939-45). The women are here finishing 2,000lb bombs for aircraft. Imperial War Museums

Cover of The Formidable Women Who Shaped Medieval Europe: Power and Patronage at the Burgundian Court by Susan Abernethy. This is a collection of 31 women who were related by blood, marriage, and politics to the Valois Dukes of Burgundy...

A photograph showing women wearing protective clothing while working in an ammunitions factory in Hereford, England during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums

A c. 1917 photograph of women police officers outside a training centre in Bristol, England during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums

Cover of The Real Valkyrie: The Hidden History of Viking Warrior Women by Nancy Marie Brown.

A photograph of the Battalion of Death, a Russian military unit composed only of women soldiers, taken during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums, London.

Detail of carving at Peterskirche, Munich.

Cynic philosopher, wife of Crates of Thebes (l. c. 360 – 280 BCE), and mother of his children, Hipparchia of Maroneia (l. c. 350 – 280 BCE) defied social norms in order to live her beliefs. She is all the more impressive in that she taught...

A meeting of a club of patriotic women in a church during the French Revolution (1789-1799). Alongside the more famous political clubs of the era (i.e. the Jacobins, Cordeliers), some clubs were created to advocate for women's rights, most...