The french heroine Jeanne Hachette (b.1456) during the site of Beauvais. June 27, 1472. Engraving. C

Illustration of First Women's Rights Convention in 1848(Original Caption) Seneca Falls, NY: Cartoon representing feminist speaker denouncing men at the first Women's Rights Convention, July 19-20, 1848, Seneca Falls, NY, where the American feminist movement was launched. Undated engraving. BPA2# 5480

<p>From raising families to leading armies, women such as Catherine the Great, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Amanirenas, Queen Elizabeth I, Susan B. Anthony, Rosa Parks, Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin and countless others have played a vital role in history.</p>


Women’s History

Learn about women's history including women's suffrage and famous women including Catherine the Great, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Elizabeth I, Susan B. Anthony and Queen Elizabeth II.

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<p>Inventions from the telephone to the Model T and the computer have defined human history, and inventors like Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney and Alexander Graham Bell have transformed our society.</p>


Women’s History ‑ Videos

Josephine Cochran Invents the First Dishwashing Machine

Women’s Rights, Past and Present

The Origin of the Seneca Falls Convention

More to History: Women’s History Month and the Russian Revolution

More To History: Norma Merrick Sklarek Engineers Her Success

More to History: Women Take to the Skies During WWII

Emily Warren Roebling Saves the Brooklyn Bridge

The History of Mother’s Day

History Shorts: The Mother’s Advice that Led to Women’s Suffrage

10 Badass Warrior Women in History

The 19th Amendment

How Women Used Christmas to Fight Slavery