1

Carry Opinion With You

By Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Britain’s first qualified female doctor, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, had a message for the first women to study for London University’s degree in medicine.

2

Imagine

By Emily Davies

Educational reformer Emily Davies argued that Victorian women had more to offer society than a purely ornamental erudition.

3

The Peterloo Massacre

By William Edward Armytage Axon

A rowdy but good-humoured crowd gathered in St Peter’s Fields, Manchester, to protest against electoral malpractice and Government cronyism.

4

On Top of the World

By Dr Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori takes some of her pupils up onto a roof terrace, and witnesses a eureka moment.

5

The Weakness of Women

By Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe argues that it is in every man’s interest to watch the women in his life realise their full potential.

6

The Wife of Bath’s Tale

Based on the story by Geoffrey Chaucer

An Arthurian knight commits a dreadful crime against a woman, and is sent by Queen Guinevere on a fitting errand.