About the Website

1. Search
   Brings up all the records in which the search word is mentioned. Click on a record to view basic information about the woman or organisation or collection being featured. View images of documents relating to the woman/organisation/collection. Where available, more detailed information can be found under ‘Further Information’.
2. Women’s Lives : Women’s Organisations : Women’s Collections
   Alphabetical lists of individual women or women’s organisations or collections relating to women. Click to view the same information as found on a search.
3. Women in History
   Select from the topic areas to view essays about the roles women have played in history. Wherever possible, examples of women on the website are used.
4. Gallery
   Search and view all images available.
5. Featured Archives
   Highlights the archives of Anne Lister, the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum, the Brontës and the George Henry Wood collection. Material is examined in more detail and includes a selection of transcripts of the Anne Lister’s diaries and asylum records.
6. Learning Materials
   Targeted at children it includes fact files, worksheets, quizzes and activities. ‘Life in a Lunatic Asylum’ is designed for 7–11 year olds and ‘Women at War’ is designed for 11–14 year olds.