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Forgotten Women Friday Call for Volunteers
On Friday 4 April we will be hosting our eighth Forgotten Women Friday. There is more information about how these days work here . Â We...
Jan 7
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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....
May 9, 2024
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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...
Apr 12, 2024
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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...
Mar 24, 2024
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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...
Jan 16, 2024
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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...
Dec 1, 2023
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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...
Nov 28, 2023
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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...
Nov 26, 2023
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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...
Nov 5, 2023
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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.
Sep 24, 2023
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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...
Sep 12, 2023
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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,...
Aug 29, 2023
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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...
Aug 27, 2023
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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,...
Aug 20, 2023
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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...
Aug 15, 2023
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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...
Jul 3, 2023
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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...
Jun 29, 2023
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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...
Jun 27, 2023
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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...
Jun 14, 2023
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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...
May 4, 2023
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