Women's History Month

Discover the lives and legacy of remarkable women

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women take part in the harvest of wheat in a Ukrainian field. A child holds a baby in her arms on the side of the field. A backdrop of gently sloping hills and a blue sky dappled with a few clouds constitute the background.
Solidarity with Ukraine

The Europeana Initiative stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine

Blog post
Not just a pretty face

Women on Greek public television from the late 1960s to today

A group of women standing in a circle with raised arms, performing at the gymnastic festival.
Gallery
Women, sport and dictatorships

Gallery of propaganda images for sport events where women had to confront idealised stereotypes of their bodies.

a closeup picture of a white round medical pill on a black background. On the pill the words 'the pill' are embossed.
Exhibition
The pill

How revolutionary medicine changed the course of history

Photo of Billie Holiday with her dog
Blog post
Young, Gifted and Black

Black women's jazz legacies in Europe

A tray with 19 colourful embroidered buttons
Blog post
Women crafting freedom

The Antonia Suardi collection showcases the creative independence and activism of embroidery.

Blog post
The Indian Suffragettes

Four Indian women who brought about change in Britain and India

Endangered Crafts

Industrialization has led to many crafts only being remembered in heritage studies

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Colouring books

Find your crayons! Sharpen your coloured pencils! And enjoy adding colours in one of the books we have prepared for you.

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Flora of Cyprus

The dynamic flora of the Mediterranean island

Báli jelenet. by Németh Antal - Palóc Museum, Hungary - CC BY-NC-SA. https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2064401/_mnmpm_343_
Carnival and the ball season

A time to dance and celebrate

Hymenoptera. Apis mellifica. I by Pfurtscheller, Paul - Università degli Studi di Padova | University of Padua, Italy - CC BY-NC-SA. https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2023813/o_12666
Pollinator insects and bees

The anatomy of complex and sophisticated creatures

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Heilbronn im Sommer 1945

Landesfilmsammlung BW

Kuitupuun kuormausta metsätraktoriin. "870-CN" (alkuperäinen kuvateksti).

Säteri, Lasse

Lusto - The Finnish Forest Museum

Papiery Marii Zegadłowicz z domu Kurowskiej

Biblioteka Cyfrowa Uniwersytetu Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach

Dublin City Council Minutes Volume 12

Dublin City Council

Dublin City Library and Archive