In the course of a long life, Winston Churchill enjoyed the support and encouragement of three exceptional women, each of whom wielded considerable influence; his nurse Mrs Everest, his mother Lady Randolph Churchill and his wife Clementine.

These documents from the Churchill Archive shows how much Churchill owed to the three most important women in his life, and how his views and those of others towards women and their position in society and politics changed over the course of the twentieth century.