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The life and tragic death of the first woman leader of the Basque separatist group ETA.
In 1987 Diane Abbott became the first black woman elected to the British Parliament
Why did she follow her father into politics?
How Afghan women resisted the Taliban's efforts to prohibit education for girls
The dissident poet was released from a labour camp on the eve of a US-Soviet summit
How an anti-nuclear march turned into a peace camp based outside a US airbase in the UK
On 31 October 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was shot by her bodyguards
Angela Berners-Wilson on her experiences that day, and her long fight to become a priest
It is 30 years since a teenage Indian woman spread fear in the North East of the country.
In 1982, women took to the streets to demand the right to give birth naturally
How a First Lady's struggle with drugs led to the founding of a world famous rehab clinic
Sizani Ngubane set up the Rural Women's Movement in South Africa in the 1990s
In December 1980 three US nuns and a layworker were killed in El Salvador
Erica Jong, a feminist author from New York, talks about her novel on female sexuality
In July 1976, female cadets were admitted to the US Military Academy for the first time.
In October 1975, 90% of all women in Iceland took part in a massive nationwide protest
The remarkable story of Maryam Mursal, one of the superstars of 1970s Somali music .
In May 1974, Italians defied the Catholic Church and voted overwhelmingly for divorce.
It wasn't until 1974 that American Vogue put a black model on its cover for the first time
Jacqueline Du Pre makes one of the most famous classical recordings of the 20th Century
Modern British feminism began in 1970 when 500 women met for a debate in Oxford
What happened when thousands of women went on strike in New York City in 1970?
In the late 1960s a young black American woman rolled up in 'Swinging' London.
Photographer Dickey Chapelle was the first woman war reporter to be killed in Vietnam
