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Three More Stories are Added
Today's uploads reflect the Wars of the Roses, with two stories from Yorkshire and one from Lancashire. You can now meet Dinah Townend...
Jul 5, 2023
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Three More New Forgotten Women Friday Stories
Three more stories for you today. Two are from the inebriate reformatory Forgotten Women Friday. You can now read about Elizabeth...
Jul 3, 2023
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More about Women's History
Did you know that we are gradually adding useful articles to our site, to help others who are researching the lives of women. This week...
Jul 1, 2023
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A VAD, Three School Girls and Eighteen Inebriate Women
Today we welcome to our site, Louisa McCormack from St. Joseph’s Inebriate Reformatory. Her story outlines the efforts that the...
Jun 30, 2023
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Cheshire County Training College - a taster story for August's Forgotten Women Friday
You can now read the story of Helen Blankley from Cheshire County Teacher Training College. Hers is the sample story ahead of A Few...
Jun 29, 2023
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A New VAD Story
Today we are pleased to add the story of two sisters, Dorothy and Lizzie Furnace, who worked with the Voluntary Aid Detachment. This is...
Jun 27, 2023
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Forgotten Women Friday 3
The team from A Few Forgotten Women are delighted to announce our third A Few Forgotten Women Friday, which will take place on 11 August....
Jun 25, 2023
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A Few Forgotten Women Friday Everyday
Our next A Few Forgotten Women Friday is on 11 August and we will be asking for volunteers next month. We know how much some of you look...
Jun 14, 2023
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York Festival of Ideas: Rediscovering Women's Lives
On Saturday, the A Few Forgotten Women Team, worked with The Mount School in York and the Rowntree Society to stage a Rediscovering...
Jun 12, 2023
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A Story of War Service
On 10 June A Few Forgotten Women will be working with The Mount School in York and the Rowntree Foundation, as part of the York Festival...
May 29, 2023
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Letitia Gilbert's Story
Today we have added Letitia's story. Letitia grew up in rural Wiltshire and gave birth to four illegitimate children before marrying. You...
May 17, 2023
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Anne's Story - another girl from Leeds Reformatory
We have to apologise to our researcher for not uploading Anne Lockwood's story sooner. It was sent to us several weeks ago but somehow...
May 4, 2023
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Five more Ladies from the Inebriate Reformatories
Today we have uploaded the stories of Margaret Bates, Linda Gummer, Annie Foley, Mary McLaughlin and Mary McManus. Mary McManus' story...
Apr 27, 2023
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Elsie's Story
We are very pleased to be able to share Elsie's story, thanks to guest contributor Jan Fillinger. Despite a life touched by alcoholism...
Apr 21, 2023
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We Take a Journey into Genealogy
Some of our team recently had the pleasure of chatting to Emma, who runs the 'Journeys into Genealogy' podcast. We talked about the...
Apr 19, 2023
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All Good Things Come in Nines - more women have their stories told
The stories are pouring in now. Here are nine more women from the inebriates' homes for you. This is a great selection, with some really...
Apr 11, 2023
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A Bumper Crop of New Stories
The last few days has seen the addition of no fewer than nine stories to the site. These are more ladies who were found in inebriate...
Apr 9, 2023
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Six more Stories are Told
Today we have to offer you two Ellens, two Marys and two Margarets. Meet Ellen O'Donoghue, Ellen Ward, Mary Slack, Mary Harrison,...
Apr 4, 2023
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Five More Ladies Remembered
A quarter of the ladies from the Inebriate Reformatories now have their stories told on our website. Today we have added Elizabeth Arnold...
Mar 31, 2023
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Women of many Aliases and Many Newspaper Column Inches - more new stories
The stories of the women from Farmfield and St. Joseph's Inebriate Reformatories are arriving in our inbox daily. Here are three more for...
Mar 29, 2023
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