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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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


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, 2025


Stories of Seven Women from Refuges for Fallen Women are Uploaded
We now have seven more stories of women who were associated with homes for fallen women to share. This batch covers all the homes that we...
Feb 10, 2025


Events for International Women's Day
We have two things planned for International Women's Day on 8 March. We are teaming up with the Alfred Gillett Trust (home of Shoemakers'...
Feb 9, 2025


Six New Stories
This morning we have added six more stories to the website. Five relate to women who appear in the census in refuges for fallen women and...
Jan 23, 2025


Forgotten Women Friday Call for Volunteers
On Friday 4 April we will be hosting our eighth Forgotten Women Friday. There is more information about how these days work here . We...
Jan 7, 2025


New Stories for the New Year
We have six new stories for you today. Two are for pupils at the schools for the deaf, Elizabeth May and Sarah Jane Barrows from Margate...
Jan 6, 2025


Seasons Greetings to all our Volunteers and Friends
The A Few Forgotten Women Team would like to send season's greetings to all our volunteers and friends. We are looking forward to...
Dec 24, 2024


A Dozen Women from Refuges for Fallen Women have their Stories Told
Today we have uploaded twelve stories of women who were staff or inmates in refuges for fallen women. Do take some time to read about...
Dec 6, 2024


It is our 300th Story!
We are very proud to announce that, thanks to our lovely volunteers, we have today uploaded our 300th story. We are excited to have...
Nov 12, 2024


A Dozen New Stories from the Schools for the Deaf
We have a bumper crop of new stories for you today, as we try to get up to date before our next Forgotten Woman Friday takes place this...
Nov 4, 2024


Seven Girls from Schools for the Deaf have their Stories Told
We are gradually processing all the lovely stories that our volunteers have been sending in following our last Forgotten Women Friday ....
Oct 15, 2024
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