A Bumper Crop of Eight New Stories
We have just uploaded eight stories of staff and patients from the Fleming Memorial Children's Hospital in Jesmond, Newcastle on Tyne....
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Apr 12
Forgotten Women Fridays - New Stories Added
As well as enjoying today's Forgotten Women Friday, we have been catching up with a few stories from previous Fridays that hadn't yet...
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Mar 24
Looking Forward to Forgotten Women Friday - New Stories Published
We usually post one story in advance of our Forgotten Women Fridays. As we look forward to April 12th, when we will be researching women...
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Jan 16
Ten New Stories Uploaded Today
Our volunteers have been very busy telling the stories of those who attended the Grange School of Housewifery. Today we have added Elsie...
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Dec 1, 2023
The Next Three Housewives go Online
Here are the stories of three more housewives for you: Alice Jubilee Crouch, Alberta Catherine Green and Elsie Coe Melliar, who also...
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Nov 28, 2023
Four more Students of Housewifery have their Stories Told
The stories created as a result of last week's Forgotten Women Friday are beginning to be uploaded. You can now read about Daisy Selina...
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Nov 26, 2023
Housewives and Schoolgirls from The Mount
The stories from last Friday's research day are starting to be processed. Mabel Burt's is now available for you to read. We have also...
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Nov 5, 2023
Two New Stories are Published
Today there are two new stories for you. The first is that of Julia Mahoney who spent time in Chailey Heritage. Julia was mentioned in...
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Sep 24, 2023
Meet Fanny Gwendoline Gallimore
Here is the story of another of our ladies from Crewe Training College for you. We hope that you enjoy meeting Fanny Gwendoline Gallimore.
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Sep 12, 2023
More Crewe Ladies' Stories are Added
We have four more stories of ladies from Crewe Training College for you today. You can meet Esther Broster, Hannah Mary Morris, Lilian...
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Aug 29, 2023
A Dozen Crewe Ladies Added Today
The stories are flooding in and we have uploaded twelve more today. You can now read about Ellen Aitken Bayley, Sarah Evelyn Billington,...
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Aug 27, 2023
Latest Stories of Trainee Teachers
The stories of the first cohort of teachers to be trained at Cheshire County Training College in Crewe have been coming in thick and...
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Aug 20, 2023
More Crewe Ladies
Five new stories of ladies from Cheshire County Training College, Crewe for you today and a chance to meet Bessie Jones, Florence Booth,...
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Aug 15, 2023
Nine Crewe Ladies' Stories are Told
The result of Friday's Forgotten Women Friday are flooding in, telling the stories of the lives of the ladies at Cheshiire County Teacher...
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Jul 3, 2023
Three More New Forgotten Women Friday Stories
Three more stories for you today. Two are from the inebriate reformatory Forgotten Women Friday. You can now read about Elizabeth...
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Jun 29, 2023
Cheshire County Training College - a taster story for August's Forgotten Women Friday
You can now read the story of Helen Blankley from Cheshire County Teacher Training College. Hers is the sample story ahead of A Few...
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Jun 27, 2023
A New VAD Story
Today we are pleased to add the story of two sisters, Dorothy and Lizzie Furnace, who worked with the Voluntary Aid Detachment. This is...
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Jun 14, 2023
A Few Forgotten Women Friday Everyday
Our next A Few Forgotten Women Friday is on 11 August and we will be asking for volunteers next month. We know how much some of you look...
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May 4, 2023
Anne's Story - another girl from Leeds Reformatory
We have to apologise to our researcher for not uploading Anne Lockwood's story sooner. It was sent to us several weeks ago but somehow...
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Apr 27, 2023
Five more Ladies from the Inebriate Reformatories
Today we have uploaded the stories of Margaret Bates, Linda Gummer, Annie Foley, Mary McLaughlin and Mary McManus. Mary McManus' story...
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