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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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Another Forgotten Women Friday - call for volunteers
Our sixth Forgotten Women Friday is on 30 August. You can find out how these collective research days work here . This time, the chosen...
Aug 10, 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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Forgotten Women Friday 12 April Call for Volunteers
It is a month until our next Forgotten Women Friday. You can find more details of how these days work on our website. We'd love you to...
Mar 11, 2024
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A Few Forgotten Women Out and About
Our team can be spotted in the wild this month. Tomorrow, for International Women's Day, we are mounting a small display at the Alfred...
Mar 7, 2024
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A Few Forgotten Women Live in Somerset
We are excited to announce that, to commemorate International Women's Day on 8 March, some of our team will be in person at The Alfred...
Feb 20, 2024
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Two more Girls from the Grange
Two more stories of pupils at the Grange School of Housewifery are now available. These are both longer stories and are very different....
Feb 14, 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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