Women’s History Month: Uncovering Women’s History
For Women’s History Month 2025, we are sharing 10 free chapters from books uncovering women’s contributions to history. These extracts look at how women…
International Women’s Day
Staff Pick: Women of Wonder
Yale London Staff recommends their favourite authors on International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day: The Remarkable Women of Yale Books
To celebrate both International Women’s Day and the centenary of women’s suffrage in Britain, we’ve taken a look at some of our favourite stories…
Lee Lozano: Not Working by Jo Applin – An Extract
Lee Lozano: Not Working An extract about Lee Lozano’s life Lee Lozano (1930–1999) was a major artist in the New York art scene of the…
Charlotte Salomon and the Theatre of Memory by Griselda Pollock – Extract
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) was a German-Jewish artist who grew up during the Weimar Republic and whose interest in drawing and painting coincided with the…
Gluck: Art and Identity by Amy de la Haye and Martin Pel – An Extract
Gluck: Art and Identity An extract about Gluck’s life Hannah Gluckstein (who called herself Gluck; 1895–1976) is one of our Remarkable Women of Yale…
Women Artists in Paris by Laurence Madeline
Women Artists in Paris, 1850–1900 An extract about Mary Cassatt Mary Cassatt (1844-1926) was one of the three ‘grande dames’ of Impressionism, the other…
Women Reporters at the Front Line by Ray Moseley
On International Women’s Day, Reporting War author Ray Moseley celebrates the outstanding work of the courageous women reporters of WWII. As the underdogs of war…
Books for International Women’s Day 2011
Today is INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, an annual event held throughout the world aiming to inspire women and celebrate their achievements. Whether it’s Georgian history,…