Clara Zetkin was a German leader who engaged with the question of women within the socialist movement. Here is how her ...

Though local suffrage slowly opened to women in many states, suffragists continued their fight for national voting rights through the 19th century. Mocked, jailed, beaten, and force-fed ...

The toys were often intended for adults, rather than children More than 400 German toys dating from the 19th Century have sold at auction for almost £200,000. The collection of toys made out of w ...

According to current theories of expertise, this shouldn’t happen. Becoming an expert in chess, for example, makes you better at chess but not anything else. But our findings suggest that becoming an ...

Although India, Pakistan and Germany have had three powerful women in power, gender parity across other metrics remain low. If men can elect Indira Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto or Angela Merkel to lead ...

A single owner collection of 19th century toys went under the hammer at Special Auction Services in Newbury on Tuesday, and realised a whopping £193,000. Bidders travelled from all over the world ...

A French politician has called for the U.S. to return the Statue of Liberty, saying the country no longer deserves the gift.

The United Nations states that the first National Women's Day was observed in the United States on February 28, 1909.

More than 8,000 photos that depict English architecture, landscapes and maritime history from the 1800s to the early 1900s have been given to Historic England. The Janette Rosing collection has ...