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Page last updated at 16:56 GMT, Tuesday, 1 December 2009

Leeds' forgotten suffragette

Her name is forgotten by many these days but one of the major activists in the Suffragette movement was Leeds housewife and mother, Leonora Cohen.

BBC Archive: Suffragettes

The history of the suffragettes

Arthur Ransome - double agent?

Has the Leeds-born author's reputation been tarnished by accusations of spying?

'Monty' clothed the British man

A huge factory, with a large workforce, once produced thousands of suits a week.

MORE HISTORY

Leeds Brewery keeps beer history

A brief history of Leeds mining

Marks and Spencer born in market

Trail follows parliament of owls

End of an era for Leeds Jazz

A question of balance and faith

Leeds poet laureate - worst ever?

M1 motorway reaches 50 years

Bombs dropping over Beeston

Hed and shoulders above the rest

An Ordinary Signalman

Peter Paylor - remembering D-Day

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Armley Mills Industrial Museum

Leodis

Leeds Civic Trust

Royal Armouries

Thackray Medical Museum

Thoresby Society

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