Fleming made major scientific discoveries and belonged to the Harvard Computers, a team of women who processed astronomical data at the university.

In 19th-century Britain and North America, women were regarded as the ‘weaker sex’. Their ability to bear children gave rise to a feminine ideal based on marriage and motherhood, while their ...

By the second half of the 19th century, the pace of ... from glittering society parties to women of questionable repute ...

Amazing pictures of 19th century Sydney show life for women in an era when it was a 'rough man's town' The never before seen photographs show how women of all classes were able to mix for the ...