Three days on from our Forgotten Women Friday and we can bring you five stories of the lives of female pupils at two schools for the deaf. We are finding several instances of siblings attending the school and of the girls later marrying fellow pupils. If you haven't done so already, do look at all the background information that two of our team have put together, including a video from Mandy about the Margate institution. Stand by too for Helen's presentation about the Exeter school, which is part of the All About That Place event. Mandy will also be telling the story of Walter's diaries in 'Breaking the Silence' at the same event; Walter being another pupil at the Margate School.
Click here to meet Patience Bray and Elizabeth Udey who attended the Exeter school and Esther Mary Cluer, Alice Mary Gentle and Ethel Maud Thorp who went to school in Margate. We have also received some shorter stories, which will be uploaded, along with other short stories, later on.
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