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Forgotten Women Friday 17 October - still time to volunteer
We still have space for a few more volunteers for our next Forgotten Women Friday collaborative research day on 17 October. We will be...
5 days ago
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9 More Assorted Stories
We are gradually catching up with our backlog of stories to be uploaded. Today, we offer your seven more from Victoria's Cohort; those...
Sep 1
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8 Stories from Victoria's Cohort and Two More
There's been a lovely number of stories submitted lately, so apologies if you are waiting for yours to appear. Here are ten more and...
Aug 18
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Announcing our First Forgotten Women Friday in Northern Ireland
We are pleased to announce that our next Forgotten Women Friday will be on 17 October, when we will be looking at women who were working...
Aug 7
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A Pot Pourri of Stories
The stories from the Forgotten Women Friday focussing on women born in 1819 are coming in thick and fast and we will be uploading more...
Aug 1
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Five more Stories from Victoria's Cohort
We have uploaded another five stories of women who were born in the same year as Queen Victoria and more are in the pipeline. For now,...
Jul 23
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It is our 400th Story!
We are excited to announce that we have now uploaded our 400th story to the website. It was only November when we hit 300, so a huge...
Jul 18
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First Seven Stories from Victoria's Cohort
The first stories from Friday's Forgotten Women Friday are now on the website and you can read them here . All these women were born in...
Jul 15
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Three Pupils and a Prisoner
Following team member Helen’s excellent recent presentations about the West of England School for the Deaf to the Society for One-Place...
Jun 12
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More Stories from Dorchester Prison
We have just uploaded six more stories of prisoners and staff from Dorchester Prison. These include the biographies of eight women. You...
May 30
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New Stories from Dorchester Prison and Elsewhere
We have added nine more Dorchester Prison stories to the website today. Here you can read about Ann Chard, Martha Croucher, Margaret...
May 15
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Join us for the Next Forgotten Women Friday 11 July
Our ninth Forgotten Women Friday, collaborative research project, is on 11 July. If you are new to Forgotten Women Fridays, there is more...
May 14
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A Radio Play for VE Day
A Few Forgotten Women are proud to present a radio-style play It's Alright for you Women! to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day,...
May 8
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Eight more Stories from Dorchester Prison
We have just uploaded the stories of eight more ladies associated with Dorchester Prison. You can read about prison warder Rachel Virtue...
Apr 20
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5 Marys, 3 Elizabeths and a Louisa
The stories have been arriving in our inbox following last week's Forgotten Women Friday, focussing on women associated with Dorchester...
Apr 12
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A Few Forgotten Women on Display
We will be at the Really Useful Show in Kinson, near Bournemouth on Saturday 29 March. This is the first time that we will have had a...
Mar 26
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New Opportunity for Forgotten Women Friday Everyday
We know that our volunteers look forward to our Forgotten Women Fridays and wish they came round more often. You don't have to wait. We...
Mar 8
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Welcome to International Women's Day
We have several items to share with you for International Women's Day. These can be found on our website under News . With the upcoming...
Mar 8
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International Women's Day Activities
8 March is International Women's Day and A Few Forgotten Women have a couple of things planned. We will be taking part in Women at Work,...
Feb 25
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Three New Stories
We have a mixture of stories for you today. Firstly, an account of the lives of the Walton sisters, who attended the School for the Deaf...
Feb 24
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