The first five stories from last week's Forgotten Women Friday have now been added. You can read about Roseanna Ashby, Maria Frances Brown, Frances Ann Mallett, Eleanor Farrant Rump and Lydia Rumsby here. We have also uploaded the short stories of five linen workers. This is a collection of the brief accouts, where only a little could be found,meaning that their stories are not added individually. These and all the other biographies of women working in the Northern Irish line

All About That Place is an exciting, online event, organised by the Society of Genealogists and taking place from 7-16 October. It is a wonderful opportunity to hear nearly 200 ten minute talks. The Few Forgotten Women are sponsoring this event and several of the team are giving talks. ​ Day 1: 7th October - Getting Started Reflecting and Directing Your Genealogy Journey: Helen Shields Do you remember your first tentative family tree? Take some time to celebrate how far you h

For the past year or so, the A Few Forgotten Women team have been working on a book. This is a multi-authored compilation combining aspects of women's history with case studies. We are very excited to let you know about our launch offer which is available for the month of October 2026 only. History is filled with women. They were present at every stage of life, shaping families, communities and the world around them. They worked cared, created, struggled, survived and adapted

Occasionally, we are able to bring you stories that stand alone and are not the result of one of our Forgotten Women Friday research days. It is a privilege to share John Smith's careful research into the story of Mary Ann Denbigh (other names are available). It encompasses abandonment, illegitimacy and work in the textile industry and is a fascinating read. You can find Mary Ann's story here. We welcome the opportunity to give accounts such as this a wider audience. If you h

We have just uploaded nine more stories of girls who spent time in the Orphanage for fatherless girls in Brixton; you can read these here. We are pleased to introduce Grace Mary Ambrose, Esther Sophia Blake, Alice Bridger, Grace Coppendale, Edith Eliza Cramphorn, Amy Gertrude Handford, Eliza Meredith, Louisa Matilda Readwin and Alice Swannell.

Our 13th Forgotten Women Friday collaborative research project will be on 25 September, when we will be looking at women who lived in the Suffolk village of Herringfleet in 1881. This is the first of four planned Forgotten Women Fridays, that will take place over the next few years, researching the lives of women living in communities at different points of England and Wales. You can find further details and a sample story here. For more information about how these days work

We have just uploaded some more stories of girls who spent time in the Brixton Home for Fatherless Girls. You can now meet Georgina Elizabeth Atkins, Lydia Emily Carrington, Alice Compton, Elizabeth Caroline Catchpole, Ethel Rigby, Mary Ann Tullett and sisters Caroline Agnes and Ethel May Welham. You can read all these stories here; more will be uploaded soon.

We have just uploaded five more stories of girls who were found in the Brixton Orphanage. You can meet Emma Belcher, Eleanor Harriet Ada Dover, Rebecca Hempson, Ann Orbell and Rachel Squibb here.

Thanks to all our lovely volunteers, we can start to upload some of the stories from last week's Forgotten Women Friday, which focussed on the Brixton Orphanage for Fatherless Girls. You can now meet Minnie A Beckham, Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Bellamy, Amy L Blades, Mary Ann Chaine and her sister Annie Charlotte, Susan Ferris and her niece Sarah Oldrieve Life, Amy Beatrice Franklin, Jane Eleanor Keast, Florence Jane Ratcliff and Matilda Alice Warr. You will find their stories here.

On 8 May we will be holding our twelfth Forgotten Women Friday. There is more information about how these days work at https://www.fewforgottenwomen.com/forgottenwomenfridays . The data sets that we will be using for this Forgotten Women Friday are the 1881 and 1891 censuses for Brixton Home for Fatherless Girls in Surrey and we will look at some of the ninety one girls and three staff who were resident in 1881 and the 304 girls and nine staff who were there in 1891. You

The four stories of Post Office workers that we have just uploaded, commemorate no fewer than seven women. Several of our researchers have found that working for the Post Office ran in families and so these biographies include that of sisters Mabelle Emily and Gertrude Ethel Harlow and their aunt Ellen Lott. Another pair of sisters is Mabel Mary and Hilda Gertrude Curry. Finally, we have add Caroline Killiner and Ann Hughes. All the stories can be found here .

As usual, the Few Forgotten Women Team have provided you with some things to enjoy this International Women's Day. On International Women’s Day we often celebrate the pioneers, the firsts, the women whose names are already carved in stone. But here at Few Forgotten Women, we spend our time with those whose names were pencilled lightly, sometimes almost rubbed away. Margaret's sensitive poem, Written Sideways , is for them. And, says Margaret, 'If I’m honest, for those of us w

After a marathon uploading session, we bring you fifteen stories of women who worked for the post office. Here is the place to meet Blanche Edith Cheetham, Alice A Fish, Louisa Heath. Harriet Ann Elsie Higham. Caroline Mary Ivett, Lucy Lawrence, Mabel Maude, Mitchell Quinn. Caroline Annie Redfern, Caroline Amelia and Annie Marie Shinton, Margaret Mary Slatter, Mary Smith and Charlotte Ruddick, Alice Stoyle, Elizabeth Trembath, Lucy Ward and Caroline Worrall and we have yet m

The A Few Forgotten Women team is excited to announce the publication of our 500th story! Since our website went live, in December 2022, 500 stories have been published. Some of these, including our 500th, commemorate more than one woman, who might otherwise have been forgotten and there are still more women mentioned briefly in our shorter stories files. We could never have achieved this without the contributions of our wonderful volunteers and we are very grateful to them a

As our team were preparing for this years International Women's Day on 8 March (and we have a few treats in store), we realised that our previous offerings for International Women's Day and International Day of the Girl, have been a bit hidden away on our website. They are now in a more prominent place, under resources, along with our bibliography, timeline and articles about aspects of women's history. There are videos, podcasts and articles, covering both women's stories an

Today, we have eight more stories of women who worked for the Post Office. You can read about Winifred A Allaway, Eva Bessie Allen, Catherine Augusta Ansted, Kathleen Mary Dawson, Olive Mason Ferneyhough, Elizabeth Gear, Margaret Mary Habgood and Lucy Longhurst here . We have also added the shorter stories for the women born in 1819; their stories are here . These women are - From Wem: Jane Cliff, later Jane Davies; Hannah Copper; Martha Kent; Ann Lyth and Jane Nevitt, later

As we look forward to our next Forgotten Women Friday later this month, it is time to publish seven more stories of women who worked in the Ulster Linen industry. You can read about Elizabeth Hodgen, Isabella Hamilton, Mary Ann Breen, Sarah Montgomery, Sarah Domigan, Ellen Jane Kerr and Rachel McKee here .