After a very successful Forgotten Women Friday yesterday, when many of us learned much about Irish research, we present the first stories. Already, some trends are emerging. Many of the women died young, often of chest complaints and a significant number emigrated. You can now read about the lives of Hannah Cargin, Margaret Ann Graham, Alice Murray and Margaret Jane Shilliady here . Many thanks to all our wonderful volunteers. As a bonus, we have also added two more stories

This year, for International Day of the Girl, we have a series of offerings inspired by some of those who appear in the Weston Park...

A pot pourri of stories for you today. Two more are women born in 1819, part of Victoria's cohort. You can read about Mary Mindham and...

We still have space for a few more volunteers for our next Forgotten Women Friday collaborative research day on 17 October. We will be...

We are gradually catching up with our backlog of stories to be uploaded. Today, we offer your seven more from Victoria's Cohort; those...

There's been a lovely number of stories submitted lately, so apologies if you are waiting for yours to appear. Here are ten more and...

We are pleased to announce that our next Forgotten Women Friday will be on 17 October, when we will be looking at women who were working...

The stories from the Forgotten Women Friday focussing on women born in 1819 are coming in thick and fast and we will be uploading more...

The first stories from Friday's Forgotten Women Friday are now on the website and you can read them here . All these women were born in...

We have just uploaded six more stories of prisoners and staff from Dorchester Prison. These include the biographies of eight women. You...

We have added nine more Dorchester Prison stories to the website today. Here you can read about Ann Chard, Martha Croucher, Margaret...

Our ninth Forgotten Women Friday, collaborative research project, is on 11 July. If you are new to Forgotten Women Fridays, there is more...

We know that our volunteers look forward to our Forgotten Women Fridays and wish they came round more often. You don't have to wait. We...

We now have seven more stories of women who were associated with homes for fallen women to share. This batch covers all the homes that we...

This morning we have added six more stories to the website. Five relate to women who appear in the census in refuges for fallen women and...

On Friday 4 April we will be hosting our eighth Forgotten Women Friday. There is more information about how these days work here .   We...

We have six new stories for you today. Two are for pupils at the schools for the deaf, Elizabeth May and Sarah Jane Barrows from Margate...

Today we have uploaded twelve stories of women who were staff or inmates in refuges for fallen women. Do take some time to read about...