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Meet Agnes - a Woman at Work
Today we have uploaded a story that is a little less tragic than some you will find on our site. We would like to introduce you to Agnes...
Mar 5, 2023
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Free Talk - A Few Forgotten Women Online for International Women's Day Session 3 News
Our third and final free Zoom talk for International Women's Day begins at 7.30pm GMT. This time, the short presentations will include...
Mar 3, 2023
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Free Talk - A Few Forgotten Women Online for International Women's Day Session 2 News
The second of our free Zoom sessions for International Women's Day begins at 2.30pm GMT. In this session, we will be introducing you to...
Mar 2, 2023
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Free Talk - A Few Forgotten Women Online for International Women's Day Session 1 News
Will you be joining us at 10.30am GMT on Wednesday 8 March for International Women's Day? We will be telling the stories of some...
Mar 1, 2023
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A Few Forgotten Women Online for International Women's Day
To Commemorate International Women’s Day on 8 March, A Few Forgotten Women are taking their stories online. There will be three sessions...
Feb 27, 2023
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Florence 'Florrie' Greaves
Today we introduce you to Florence, who sadly lost two young children, one to infantile cholera and one to gastritis. The link to her...
Feb 26, 2023
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Three More Girls' Stories For You
Today we would like you to meet Maria Day, Jane Northrop Fallon and Mary Ann Cardis, three more of the Leeds girls, whose stories are now...
Feb 25, 2023
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More than Fifty Stories now Online - more Leeds Girls are Added
With the addition of three more girls from the Leeds Industrial School, we now have fifty four women and girls commemorated on our...
Feb 20, 2023
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Meet Ellen - a new story
Amidst all the excitement of Forgotten Women Friday and posting the stories of the Leeds girls, we haven't uploaded any other stories...
Feb 18, 2023
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Forgotten Women Friday 2
Following the success of our last A Few Forgotten Women Friday, when fifty-three volunteers researched the stories of seventy-four girls...
Feb 14, 2023
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Eliza, Emily and a Whole Lot More go Live
The end is in sight now with our girls from Leeds Industrial School. There are just a handful of stories still being worked on. Today we...
Feb 14, 2023
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More Girls from Leeds Industrial School are Added
We are making really good progress with making available the stories of the girls from Leeds Industrial School. There are just a handful...
Feb 8, 2023
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Four more Girls' Stories are Told
Today we have uploaded the stories of Hannah Smailes, Sarah Ann Kirby, Jane Newlands and Mary Jane Haddock. Some of these stories provide...
Jan 29, 2023
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Three Sets of Sisters have their Story Told
More stories of the girls from Leeds Industrial School are coming in. Today we share the stories of nine of them. Head across to our...
Jan 25, 2023
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The First 'A Few Forgotten Women Friday' Stories are Told
First of all, thank you so much to all fifty-five volunteers who took part in Friday's collaborative research, when we tried to discover...
Jan 23, 2023
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It is A Few Forgotten Women Friday!
It is A Few Forgotten Women Friday! The team is awake (well some of us are) and standing by for #fewforgottenwomen Friday. All 52...
Jan 20, 2023
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Introducing Elizabeth's Story
We are excited to announce that we have just uploaded the first story from a guest contributor. Many thanks To Charlotte Clark of UK...
Jan 16, 2023
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A Few Forgotten Women Friday - come and collaborate
We are excited to announce our latest venture. Next Friday, 20 January, is the first A Few Forgotten Women Friday and we hope that this...
Jan 13, 2023
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We are a Podcast!
Just before Christmas, some of our team got together with Helen Tovey of Family Tree Magazine to chat about A Few Forgotten Women. The...
Jan 10, 2023
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Georgina's Story - another woman is no longer forgotten
One hundred and twenty two years ago today, a young woman who had grown up in a comfortably off London home, died in tragic...
Jan 8, 2023
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