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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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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...
Apr 27, 2023
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All Good Things Come in Nines - more women have their stories told
The stories are pouring in now. Here are nine more women from the inebriates' homes for you. This is a great selection, with some really...
Apr 11, 2023
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A Bumper Crop of New Stories
The last few days has seen the addition of no fewer than nine stories to the site. These are more ladies who were found in inebriate...
Apr 9, 2023
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Five More Ladies Remembered
A quarter of the ladies from the Inebriate Reformatories now have their stories told on our website. Today we have added Elizabeth Arnold...
Mar 31, 2023
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Women of many Aliases and Many Newspaper Column Inches - more new stories
The stories of the women from Farmfield and St. Joseph's Inebriate Reformatories are arriving in our inbox daily. Here are three more for...
Mar 29, 2023
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Five of our Inebriate Women have their Stories Told
Today we have uploaded five stories that have been created as a result of A Few Forgotten Women Friday. Please meet Mary Jane Allen,...
Mar 27, 2023
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A Few Forgotten Women Friday Roundup - the first stories are added
In the end, sixty-nine researchers embarked on preserving the stories of the eighty six women who were in St. Josephs' and Farmfield...
Mar 25, 2023
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It is A Few Forgotten Women Friday!
It's here! We've been waiting excitedly for today, as seventy volunteers will be working to research the lives of eighty six women who...
Mar 24, 2023
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New Guest Story
Today we have added the story of Elizabeth Chiddicks by guest author Paul Chiddicks, who asks 'Did she fall or was she pushed?'. This...
Mar 20, 2023
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One Few Forgotten Women Friday Draws to a Close with more Stories Uploaded
Four more of the girls from Leeds Girl's Industrial School, now have their stories told (there are just four more still to come). Now you...
Mar 16, 2023
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More than Fifty Stories now Online - more Leeds Girls are Added
With the addition of three more girls from the Leeds Industrial School, we now have fifty four women and girls commemorated on our...
Feb 20, 2023
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Forgotten Women Friday 2
Following the success of our last A Few Forgotten Women Friday, when fifty-three volunteers researched the stories of seventy-four girls...
Feb 14, 2023
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Eliza, Emily and a Whole Lot More go Live
The end is in sight now with our girls from Leeds Industrial School. There are just a handful of stories still being worked on. Today we...
Feb 14, 2023
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More Girls from Leeds Industrial School are Added
We are making really good progress with making available the stories of the girls from Leeds Industrial School. There are just a handful...
Feb 8, 2023
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Four more Girls' Stories are Told
Today we have uploaded the stories of Hannah Smailes, Sarah Ann Kirby, Jane Newlands and Mary Jane Haddock. Some of these stories provide...
Jan 29, 2023
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Three Sets of Sisters have their Story Told
More stories of the girls from Leeds Industrial School are coming in. Today we share the stories of nine of them. Head across to our...
Jan 25, 2023
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