When we examine the subject, foreground, and background of an image separately, the nuances of the scene emerge.

How have workers around the world sought to change their conditions, and how have racial divisions affected their efforts?

The UK’s National Union of Women Teachers went from splinter group to union in its own right, winning on equal pay—as The Woman Teacher shows first-hand.

Issues tied to gender have often been part of broad-based popular movements, like the Zetetic movement in early nineteenth-century England.