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colour photograph of the Hagia Sophia Church
5 buildings that have been both mosques and churches

Architecture crossing cultures

black and white portrait photograph of Mela Muter
Mela Muter, a Polish artist in Paris

Painting the beauty of everyday life

colour photograph of a field of red tulips with a windmill in the background.
How the tulip became a symbol of Turkey and the Netherlands

The history of a floral motif over several centuries

What is an easter palm?

Learn how to make an easter palm

black and white illustration portrait of Laura Bassi
Laura Bassi, one of the first women in science

Pioneering female scientist in 18th century Bologna

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Our Fatima of Liverpool

The first woman to convert to Islam in Liverpool

Mystics of the medieval and modern ages

Women of wisdom and courage

black abstract drawing
Delia Derbyshire and Daphne Oram

Female pioneers of electronic music

Four children by a water pump, two older children pumping water and the other two younger ones looking on.
Through the eyes of Dorothea Lange

Documenting the The Great Depression and Japanese American internment

botanical illustration of a plant with red and green leaves
8 women botanical artists from across Europe

Making contributions to both art and science

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Jessie M. King

Artist, designer and pioneer of the Glasgow Style

Sybil Connolly - Dublin's Dior

Forging a path for Irish designers

Maneli, men’s meeting place in Heinola, was located on the corner of Torikatu street and Kauppakatu street in Heinola, Finland. Women bought newly-baked bread on the other side of the building in the Maneli Bakery. A boy rides a bicycle along Kauppakatu street.
'Little Pietari’s town' by Anja Halla

Photographer documenting two decades in a Finnish town

Black and white photograph of Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier.
Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier

The lesbian love story at the heart of a Parisian bookstore

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Seven pioneering women authors from Spain

Saints, social reformers, journalists, poets and feminists

black and white photograph portrait of Melitta Bentz
Melitta Bentz - the woman who invented the coffee filter

How a housewife from Dresden revolutionised the way we drink coffee

a close up picture of spools of lace bunched together, in the process of being made into a lace work.
All about lace: the history and future of lace in Antwerp

How lace-making is interwoven into European history

black and white photograph, group of people protesting with placards and posters
The Grunwick industrial action

Strike in London for the rights of women and migrant workers

Afro-European Women writers

Three women writing Caribbean and European stories