Celebrating women's history

A major and unique project in women's history, examining through the lives and organisations of Yorkshire women, the role women have played in history.

Women in History Here you can find out about the many and varied roles that women have played in history, including life for women in the 1950s and the scandalous behaviour of nuns in the middle ages.

Featured Archive In this section, you can find out more details about some of the major archival collections, including the diaries of Anne Lister, the medical case records of the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum, the Bronte letters and the George Henry Wood collection.

The Gallery Search and browse 85,000 images created from the archival material of Yorkshire women.

Learning Materials Here you can learn about Edith Annie Craven and Elizabeth Clafton and their lives in the lunatic asylum, and how women, including Amy Johnson, have been affected by war.

The project is funded by a grant from the New Opportunities Fund