Women's and gender history has established itself as a prominent part of contemporary historical research. In this essay, the trajectory of women's history as an academic field of research is discussed, focusing on the expression "problematizing the situation of women", which, as it turns out, has been a recurring phrase in defining what counts as women's history. Nyström argues it points towards a continuity in women's history research, useful when questioning power relations and theorizing gender. Instead of presenting the historiography of women's history as a progressive narrative, which moves from the non-theoretical situation to the theoretical, he suggests that the ways in which women's history has been conducted mirror the contemporary societal context in which the researchers work. Even though certain theoretical advances can be acknowledged, it is also possible to understand women's history research as theorizing gender differently in different times.