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.

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.

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

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