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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...

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Mar 24, 2024

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...

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Mar 11, 2024

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

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...

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Mar 7, 2024

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

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

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...

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Feb 1, 2024

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...

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Jan 16, 2024

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...

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Jan 6, 2024

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...

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Dec 10, 2023

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...

A Few Forgotten Women Friday

Dec 1, 2023

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...

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Nov 28, 2023

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...

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Nov 26, 2023

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...

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Nov 14, 2023

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...

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Nov 5, 2023

New Articles Published

Don't forget that our website contains not just stories but also background information. We have just added two articles about...

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Oct 29, 2023

International Day of the Girl

Thank you to all those who came to listen to the stories of forgotten girls yesterday. You can now read Mary Ann Audley's story on our...

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Oct 12, 2023

Last Chance to Book for our Free Event on Wednesday

There is still just time to book for our online event on 11th October, to commemorate the International Day of the Girl. The first...

Oct 9, 2023

Celebrate International Day of the Girl by joining us on our FREE online event

Image by FreePix Wednesday 11 October is International Day of the Girl. To commemorate the occasion A Few Forgotten Women will be holding...

Sep 28, 2023

Meet Fanny Gwendoline Gallimore

Here is the story of another of our ladies from Crewe Training College for you. We hope that you enjoy meeting Fanny Gwendoline Gallimore.

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Sep 24, 2023