Today, we have eight more stories of women who worked for the Post Office. You can read about Winifred A Allaway, Eva Bessie Allen, Catherine Augusta Ansted, Kathleen Mary Dawson, Olive Mason Ferneyhough, Elizabeth Gear, Margaret Mary Habgood and Lucy Longhurst here . We have also added the shorter stories for the women born in 1819; their stories are here . These women are - From Wem: Jane Cliff, later Jane Davies; Hannah Copper; Martha Kent; Ann Lyth and Jane Nevitt, later

It is time to unveil our next Forgotten Women Friday. For details of how these collaborative research days work see here . On 23 January, we will be researching women who worked for the Post Office and we are looking for volunteers to help us. More details about the project and a sample story are on this webpage . Contact us if you'd like to take part.