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The First Stories about Pupils at the Schools for the Deaf are now Online
Three days on from our Forgotten Women Friday and we can bring you five stories of the lives of female pupils at two schools for the...
Sep 2, 2024
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Shorter Stories from Past Forgotten Women Fridays
In anticipation of this week's Forgotten Women Friday (only three more sleeps!), we've uploaded the shorter stories from our previous...
Aug 27, 2024
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Three More Women's Stories Now Available
As we prepare for next week's sixth Forgotten Women Friday we are still adding stories that have slipped through the net from previous...
Aug 20, 2024
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Two Longer Stories of Fleming Hospital Staff
Our stories of those working at the Fleming Memorial Hospital and those being treated there are still coming in. Today you can read two...
Jul 28, 2024
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Three Short Fleming Hospital Stories
The Fleming Hospital stories are still arriving in our inbox. Here are three for you. The authors have done a great job of weaving a...
Jul 18, 2024
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Two more Fleming Hospital Stories
Another two short stories from Fleming Hospital today. You can meet Isabella Garnham and Harriet Eliza Priestly. We've also received some...
Jun 24, 2024
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Three New Stories of Nurses
Today we can share the stories of three women who spent time as nurses. Firstly, Dorothy Turner and Margot Lilian Lee-Potter, who were...
Jun 18, 2024
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More Stories from Fleming Hospital
Today, we have uploaded six more stories of women and girls associated with Fleming Memorial Children's Hospital. Meet Ethel Fraser,...
Jun 4, 2024
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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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Stories from Fleming Hospital Coming In
The stories from Friday's Forgotten Women Friday event are starting to come in. You can now read about Norah Penelope Adamson, Marian...
Apr 16, 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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Five New Stories are Added
We have been trying to catch up on the few biographies that are outstanding from earlier Forgotten Women Fridays, before we launch into...
Mar 11, 2024
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Rebecca's Story - a no longer forgotten woman
Today we are pleased to include a new guest contribution on our website. This is Anthony Miles-Prouten's beautifully told and lavishly...
Feb 1, 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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New Year - New Stories
Happy New Year to all those who follow this site or help us by providing stories. With your help, we are proud to have uploaded over 200...
Jan 6, 2024
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Four More Housewives Stories for You
Four more stories of women who attended the Grange School of Housewifery are now available on our site. Meet Martha Ellen Backholer, Ada...
Dec 10, 2023
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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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