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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Aug 4, 2023
A Variety of New Stories
It has been a little quiet lately, as we prepare for next week's Forgotten Women Friday but we have four new stories for you today....
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Jul 13, 2023
Muriel's War
Today we have uploaded the story of Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse, Muriel Mesney, who was born in Sarawak, Borneo to missionary parents...
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Jul 10, 2023
A Story of Activism, Pacifism and War Service
Today we bring you the detailed account of the lives of the Clothier sisters, Rhoda and Hilda, who were pupils at The Mount School, in...
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Jul 5, 2023
Three More Stories are Added
Today's uploads reflect the Wars of the Roses, with two stories from Yorkshire and one from Lancashire. You can now meet Dinah Townend...
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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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Jul 1, 2023
More about Women's History
Did you know that we are gradually adding useful articles to our site, to help others who are researching the lives of women. This week...
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Jun 30, 2023
A VAD, Three School Girls and Eighteen Inebriate Women
Today we welcome to our site, Louisa McCormack from St. Joseph’s Inebriate Reformatory. Her story outlines the efforts that the...
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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 25, 2023
Forgotten Women Friday 3
The team from A Few Forgotten Women are delighted to announce our third A Few Forgotten Women Friday, which will take place on 11 August....
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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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Jun 12, 2023
York Festival of Ideas: Rediscovering Women's Lives
On Saturday, the A Few Forgotten Women Team, worked with The Mount School in York and the Rowntree Society to stage a Rediscovering...
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May 29, 2023
A Story of War Service
On 10 June A Few Forgotten Women will be working with The Mount School in York and the Rowntree Foundation, as part of the York Festival...
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May 17, 2023
Letitia Gilbert's Story
Today we have added Letitia's story. Letitia grew up in rural Wiltshire and gave birth to four illegitimate children before marrying. You...
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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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