We have a bumper crop of new stories for you today, as we try to get up to date before our next Forgotten Woman Friday takes place this week.You can now read about Catharine Oliver and Anna Peach from the Exeter School for the Deaf. From the school at Margate, we bring you Jane Maria Barrott, a story that was written by her descendant; sisters Hilda Mary and Alma Sophie Pooley and Rose Punnett, who was born in Australia. You can also find out about their classmates, Eliza Crouch, Lydia Dorothy D
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 pa
The Fleming Hospital stories are still arriving in our inbox. Here are three for you. The authors have done a great job of weaving a short story from very little information. Mary Deakins, Margaret Victoria Potts and Nellie Wright are no longer completely forgotten. Read their stories here.
Today we can share the stories of three women who spent time as nurses. Firstly, Dorothy Turner and Margot Lilian Lee-Potter, who were both from Batley in Yorkshire and served with the Voluntary Aid Detachment. Their stories can be found here. We have also added Ella Hay, who worked at the Fleming Memorial Hospital and whose story is here.Don't forget we welcome stories at any time, we just ask that they fulfil our criteria. We can also suggests names that need researching if you don't want to w
Today, we have uploaded six more stories of women and girls associated with Fleming Memorial Children's Hospital. Meet Ethel Fraser, Frances Gubbins, Sarah Hall, Christine Kellock, Wilhelmina Morris and Margaret Anderson Watkins. Their stories can be found here.
We have just uploaded eight stories of staff and patients from the Fleming Memorial Children's Hospital in Jesmond, Newcastle on Tyne. You can meet Lilian Bell, Annie Binks, Esther Hartley, Lily Hymers, Amelia Pressly, Jessie Russell, Margery Sample and Margaret Scott. Their stories can be found here. As a result of the Forgotten Women Friday research, we have also received several shorter stories from this institution, which will be added later.
A Few Forgotten Women