Rani Velu Nachiyar is an 18th-century warrior from the Sivagangai estate in present-day Tamil Nadu. She is remembered as a ...

As generations of schoolchildren were taught, Elizabeth I of England famously said 'I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of ...

The well-to-do ladies of late 18th century Scarborough filled in their ... Scarborough's savings club for women. LADIES WHO BANK: Foundations for an all-female savings club in Scarborough, an ...

It’s hooked, loosely, around her 2014 discovery of the ideas of the polymath and society doctor George Cheyne; ironically, given he was “the most obese man in 18th-century England”, he’s ...

The early 18th century work by Nicolas de Largillierre, titled Portrait of a Woman, features an unknown woman with porcelain ...

From Ancient Greece right through to modern medicine in Australia today, the treatment of women in science started badly and ...

At the beginning of the 18th century, king of France exiles two duelists from the state: one to Russia and another to Sweden, which are at war.

Both iconic images of Lisbon, the yellow tram 28 line starts just outside of the hotel, while the gothic industrial-era Santa ...

The Virginia Museum of History and Culture will host 18th-century chocolate-making demonstrations on Saturday. According to the museum, demonstrations run continuously between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m ...

In Lady Swindlers, historian Lucy Worsley delves into the stories of cunning women who orchestrated elaborate schemes. From ...

I think it is fair to describe her as a glamorous woman with a direct and charming manner. Part of her charm is that she talks gaily and freely, rarely weighing her words in advance. In February ...

WILLIAMSBURG — A rare pair of related 18th-century objects were recently acquired by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (CWF). The pieces are a creamware plate, made by Josiah Wedgwood as part ...