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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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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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A Few Forgotten Women at the Really Useful Show
This year, A Few Forgotten Women will be exhibiting at the Family History Federation's Really Useful Show on 17th and 18th November. We...
Nov 14, 2023
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Two New Stories are Published
Today there are two new stories for you. The first is that of Julia Mahoney who spent time in Chailey Heritage. Julia was mentioned in...
Nov 5, 2023
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New Articles Published
Don't forget that our website contains not just stories but also background information. We have just added two articles about...
Oct 29, 2023
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