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Visionary, pilgrim and author of the earliest known autobiography in English

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five women whose achievements made an impact on travel

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The cities, countryside and coasts that inspired the author of 'Pride and Prejudice'

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Stories of Birgitte Thott, Sarah Austin, and Émilie du Châtelet

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in 'A Room of One’s Own' by Virginia Woolf

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as illustrated by Paula Rego

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Portraits of poets, authors, journalists and writers from across Europe.

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Serbia’s first feminist author: a writer and traveller who led a remarkable life

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Three Black authors from the Americas who have lived in Europe

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Learn about the life of the Swedish author and activist who wrote beloved children's books.

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Murasaki Shikibu's literature in the Heian period

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Read about female characters in European literature who broke the mould.

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van Schurman was a humanist, writer, and poet in the 17th Century. Se was the first female Dutch university student.

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One of Bulgaria’s most cherished poets during her lifetime

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Learn about 13th century female semi-religious orders who created and transmitted vernacular literature

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A profile of the author of the classic Wuthering Heights

Non fictional writers

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Portugal's first female journalist who was a mixed race and lesbian writer and activist

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Writer, republican, literary theoretician and philosopher.

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Meet the women who taught Europe to cook.

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World War I diaries of a journalist and novelist who was Italy's first female newspaper editor

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Learn about 13th century female semi-religious orders who created and transmitted vernacular literature

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Female literacy during the Middle Ages was surprisingly high and many women encouraged reading and learning.

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Love, Friendship and Philosophy in the Middle Ages

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Memoirs of a young Jewish girl during World War II

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Stories of tradition, folklore and culture passed down through needles and threads.

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Inspiring photographers and designers

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Forging a path for Irish designers

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'The perfect review for women and girls’

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The Antonia Suardi collection showcases the creative independence and activism of embroidery.

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How they went from mandatory to optional fashion accessories

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Stories of women's aspirations, support for one another and hidden power

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Suits for women, designed by women: questioning the status quo through fashion

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Kimono's social history represents a unique cultural exchange between Japan and Europe

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Pioneered by designer Madeleine Vionnet, bias cut fashion turned a technical innovation into curvaceous silhouettes

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Declaring feminine willpower through fashion, Elsa Schiaparelli is one of fashion history's most renowned personalities.

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Discover the changing silhouettes of women's fashion in the 20th century.

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Bridal dresses in traditional Greek culture are colourful, rich and varied.

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Discover the history of the Singer company and their world-changing sewing machines.

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How Dutch women turned post-war upcycling into a symbol of female solidarity

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A female fashion family affair. Callot Soeurs was one of the most influential fashion houses of the 20th century.

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Active in the Dutch reform dress movement, Marie-Jeanette de Lange left a legacy on female fashion and society

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For centuries, women have worn corsets as part of their wardrobes, despite becoming less popular during the 20th century

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How the Vivandières' uniforms reflected their role

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Follow the evolution of lace craft, from myth to machine

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The Fàbrica Gròber textile factory is a landmark of Girona history even today, 40 years after its closure.

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The flapper style of the 20s is associated was an expression of a women's new-found freedom and style in fashion.

Performing arts

Explore the life of a French mezzo-soprano, composer and pedagogue

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From tightrope to silver screen

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Exploring the history of Black Gospel music in Museum Catharijneconvent

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Exploring the stereotypical way Chinese women have been portrayed in Western media

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Popular Spanish soprano singer and actor in the early 20th century

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Women on Greek public television from the late 1960s to today

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Meet 'the Queen of Montmartre', the French can-can dancer at the Moulin Rouge in Paris

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Beloved Italian entertainment icon: a singer, dancer, actor and television star

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Clémentine Delait was a French bearded lady who found fame in the early 20th century

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Black women's jazz legacies in Europe

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Learn about the Austrian ballerina, one of the finest dancers of the Romantic era

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From Hollywood glamour to the Siberian gulag, explore this Lithuanian actor and director's life

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The first Danish ballerina to became internationally famous and pursue a ballet career

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Alice Guy-Blaché was a cinema pioneer: the first female film director and the first woman to run her own studio

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Singer, actor and activist known for her distinctive singing style and voice

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Hugely talented Swedish opera singer who enjoyed worldwide fame in the mid-19th century

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Singer-songwriter and advocate for the rights of Black people across the world

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From Folies Bergère to Order of Saint Dominic - the incredible story of one woman: a courtesan, a princess and a saint

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Meet the singer and actress who was the first Swede to hit the US charts

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The cinematic life of Poland’s first film star

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Lesbian entrepreneur, actress, singer and 'the most painted woman in the world

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Challenging the stereotypes of Hollywood

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Swedish jazz singer and actress Monica Zetterlund’s long career lasted for several decades.

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Dancer, spy and freedom fighter - Josephine Baker was a force throughout her life as a performer and activist.

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Posebna izložba o osam iznimnih europskih žena u umjetnosti, znanosti i društvu.

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The famous scientist is remembered for her discoveries and pioneering research on radioactivity.

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Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Frankfurt in 1647 and raised in a family of artists.

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Italian Renaissance painter Sofonisba Anguissola was the first female artist to achieve international recognition

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Aletta Jacobs was one of the women involved in fighting for suffrage who had a profound impact on Dutch society.

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Writer, republican, literary theoretician and philosopher.

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Amalia Euphrosyne Lindegren was one of Sweden’s most popular 19th century artists and painters.

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Born Elisa Leonida in 1887, this pioneer had engineering in her blood.

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One of Bulgaria’s most cherished poets during her lifetime

Photography

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Women, society and the history of photography

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A look at women transforming themselves to fight for gender rights during the ‘70s and the ‘80s

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Documenting the The Great Depression and Japanese American internment

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Photographer documenting two decades in a Finnish town

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Photographer sisters who chronicled early 20th century life in Suriname

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British botanist and photographer, Anna Atkins was a pioneer in photography and cyanotypes

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Explore photographs by pioneering women photographers from across Europe

Science and inventions

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The woman who invented the ice cream cone

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The woman who invented the coffee filter

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How Charles stole Lizzie’s idea and made his fortune

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America's first female nature writer

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Contributed to the bird welfare movement of the 19th century by protesting against Victorian taxidermy fashion

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Self-taught scientist leading research at the margin of the male-dominated sphere of formal academic associations.

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First female associate member of the American Ornithologists’ Union and an activist against the plumage trade

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Ornithologist and folklorist who was a supporter of the democratisation of science

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Discover the stories of pioneering female archaeologists from across Europe

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Take a look at a gallery of famous and lesser-known female archaeologists.

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One of the first women in science

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Female pioneers of electronic music

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Hungary's first female pilot who conqueried the skies in 1912

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Florence Nightingale is celebrated as a founder of modern nursing and data visualisation in field of medicine.

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An inspirational and influential woman in science

Art

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Discover five famous female stained glass artists

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How sisters raised the profile of women in Estonian art

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Unveiling the legacy of Vukosava Velimirović

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Painter who captured Arctic landscapes in Lofoten and northern Norway

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The woman who created the image for a Swedish Christmas

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Painter of Swedish nature

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A Polish artist in Paris

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Artist, designer and pioneer of the Glasgow Style

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Doprinos umjetnosti i znanosti

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Renowned painter of the Republic of Venice

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Explore the art of a 19th century Austrian Impressionist who was known for landscape studies

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Mexican artist Frida Kahlo is a role model for generations of artists, bisexual women and people with disabilities.

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Celebrating artworks by a selection of significant female artists from across Europe and throughout history

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Exploring public art in Dublin by three female sculptors

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A life devoted to art

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How Art Nouveau reflects women’s changing roles and status in the late 19th century.

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One of the most intriguing and influential women in Belle Époque Paris.

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Pioneering Art Nouveau collector

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Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Frankfurt in 1647 and raised in a family of artists.

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Italian Renaissance painter Sofonisba Anguissola was the first female artist to achieve international recognition

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Amalia Euphrosyne Lindegren was one of Sweden’s most popular 19th century artists and painters.

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Christina of Sweden was one of the most learned women and benefactors in Rome.

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Colour your way through women in history with our beautiful colouring book.

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Celebrating female artists from across Europe

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Judith depicted in art

Society

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'The first Black woman in Finland'

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Women in history who shaped Paris

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The woman who developed a new way of teaching children

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How a 5th century saint from Ireland is celebrated today

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Explore some of the mixed-race royals of European history

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Statues depicting the Virgin Mary

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Browse the collections of Atria, an Amsterdam-based institute on gender equality and women's history

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What visual representations of women working tell us about women’s history

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Long before the home office was invented, working at home was already commonplace for one group within society: women.

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Women's work has long been overlooked, raising questions of equality, rights and work-life balance.

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How many statues in your hometown represent women?

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Discover the story of the first woman in Liverpool to convert to Islam

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Symbol of patriarchy, or totem of female creativity?

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Mother and daughter or master and apprentice? A brief history of women and crafts

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How 'Sisi' was celebrated and remembered in Hungary

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How revolutionary medicine changed the course of history

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The Empress Dowager Cixi ruled China in the latter half of the 19th century, the last woman to rule China

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From earth goddess festival to family feast - did you know that Mother’s Day has its roots in ancient traditions?

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It is hard to imagine that a little over a century ago, women were discouraged from riding their bicycles.

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As long as there have been babies, there has been breastfeeding

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Women in early 20th-century photography, film and advertising.

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The royal families

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Double double, toil and trouble

Activism & politics

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When did women in today’s EU countries and beyond secure an equal right to vote?

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Stories of Birgitte Thott, Sarah Austin, and Émilie du Châtelet

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How it came to be celebrated internationally

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Partisan, pioneer and politician of the European Union

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How Swede Beda Hallberg battled a pandemic with small paper flowers

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A look at women from the past and present who continue to inspire climate action

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Strike in London for the rights of women and migrant workers

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Four women who helped change the world we live in

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Four Indian women who brought about change in Britain and India

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Her passion for revolution and justice sent shockwaves through German society

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Activist, feminist, politician and Holocaust survivor, whose life reflects high and low points of the 20th century

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African-American political activist, philosopher and author combatting racism, sexism and homophobia

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The long and hard battle for social reform and a voice for women in politics.

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Political pioneer who was a leader in the fight for Ireland’s independence

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Learn about pioneering American ornithologists and their early environmental activism

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India's renowned poet and freedom fighter

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The Women's Peace Party was founded in 1915 as a reaction to the outbreak of World War I in August 1914.

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Predana Europljanka

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4 high profile peace activists

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Social reformer and philanthropist who fought to improve the lives of prisoners

Sport

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From humble beginnings to international recognition

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Gallery of propaganda images for sport events where women had to confront idealised stereotypes of their bodies.

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Romanian Olympic gymnast who was the first to score a perfect 10

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Icon of Czech gymnastics who subtly protested Soviet invasion at the 1968 Olympics

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Champion figure skater who was the first Dutch gold medal winner at the Winter Olympic Games

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Irish-Australian who won the first women’s Olympic swimming medal

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German swimmer in the Paralympic Games who won multiple medals

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Champion tennis player in the 1920s who won Olympic medals and Wimbledon titles

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Norwegian figure skater who has won more Olympic and World titles than any other female figure skater

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Explore archive photographs of sporting activities at a girls school in Dublin

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Table tennis world champions from Vienna

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Russian speed skater who won six Olympic gold medals

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Hungary's first female pilot who conqueried the skies in 1912

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Hungarian Olympic gold medallist who survived the Holocaust and lived through the 1956 Revolution

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Table tennis world champions from Vienna

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In this learning scenario learn how the position of women in the labour market has changed significantly over the centuries. Discover how women transcended traditional roles associated with household work and domestic tasks.

This learning scenario illustrates the importance of human rights and women’s rights in the context of feminism.

Gender inequality in workplaces

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Art, English - Upper secondary, VET

The Powerful Women in Europe

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Art, English, History - Secondary Schools

This learning scenario explores women in science and focuses on gaining general knowledge on the subject

You’ll analyse several historical sources that give representations of women working

The roles women played during WWI

The key influences to the historical development of women’s football

The activity is aimed at focusing on women’s exclusion from the public space during fascist rule in Italy and in Spain