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New Stories for the New Year
As we look forward to our next Forgotten Women Friday later this month, it is time to publish seven more stories of women who worked in the Ulster Linen industry. You can read about Elizabeth Hodgen, Isabella Hamilton, Mary Ann Breen, Sarah Montgomery, Sarah Domigan, Ellen Jane Kerr and Rachel McKee here .
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Two Sarahs, Mary and Martha
Four more linen worker women for you today. Meet Martha Ross, Sarah Jane Scott, Sarah Magee and Mary Elizabeth McComb. Their stories can be found here .
Dec 4, 2025
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Bumper Crop of Ulster Linen Workers now Online
Another eleven stories have been added to our website today. You can access them and the earlier stories in this category here . The women concerned are: Martha Barron, Sarah Ellen Beck, Mary Elizabeth Bennett, Anna Bella Castles, Rachel Gillespie, Matilda Hadden, Emily Lowden, Lizzie McCart, Mary Ann McGauhey, Margaret Nicholson and Emily Taylor. We hope you will enjoy these stories of women who worker in the Ulster linen industry in the early years of the twentieth century.
Nov 10, 2025
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Eleven Ulster Linen Workers have their Stories Told
The stories created from our recent Forgotten Women Friday are arriving in our inbox. Today, we have eleven more for you to read. They are Jane Bingham, Catherine Brady, Annie Donaldson, Sarah Doyle, Anne Haskis, Margaret Ludlow, Jeannie MacLean, Sarah Jane Mallard, Jane McKinney, Margaret Sneddon and Margaret Ann Turkington. You can find their stories here .
Oct 26, 2025
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