This second bonus episode of A Feminist Family History in Eight Lives features an interview with three members of the A Few Forgotten Women team: Margaret Roberts, Mandy Geary and Helen Shields. They are all experienced family historians and work with nine other women to uncover and preserve the memories of just some of those women which might otherwise be lost.
In the episode Margaret, Mandy and Helen explain the origin of the A Few Forgotten Women initiative, give some examples of their varied work and tell listeners how they can get involved in the forthcoming Forgotten Women Friday!
A Few Forgotten Women https://www.fewforgottenwomen.com/
A Few Forgotten Women Fridays
https://www.fewforgottenwomen.com/general-6
Margaret Roberts:
https://www.playingpasts.co.uk/ X:@researchdogbody
Mandy Geary:
X: @TheRootsGenie, Threads: @mandytherootsgenie Insta: @mandytherootsgenie
All About That Place 2024 https://bit.ly/3M22zPu
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
· Music: Thinking Ahead. https://www.purple-planet.com
· Thanks to Dr Suzanne Albary for inspiration and top tips!
· Thanks to Ben Robertson for updates to my website thinkthreeways.com
KEEP IN TOUCH:
w: Think Three Ways website - project pages.
Creating Feminist Walks
This bonus episode of A Feminist Family History in Eight Lives features an interview with Professor Maggie O’Neill, feminist, sociologist and criminologist at University College. In it, Maggie talks about creating four feminist walks: in Durham, London, Newcastle and Cork.
LINKS
Professor Maggie O’Neill. https://www.professormaggieoneill.com/
Professor Misha Myers https://www.gre.ac.uk/people/rep/las/professor-misha-myers
Other walking artists who have influenced Maggie:
· Dee Heddon https://walkinglibraryproject.wordpress.com/about-us/
· Clare Qualmann https://clarequalmann.co.uk/
Jan Haaken https://www.jhaaken.com/
Feminist Walk - Searching for Asylum https://vimeo.com/176763871
Walk of the Heroines. Portland State University https://www.pdx.edu/heroines/
Dr Nelli Stavropoulou https://www.open.ac.uk/people/ns9939
Feminists Walking in the City https://walkingborders.wordpress.com/2017/04/14/feminists-walking-in-the-city/comment-page-1/
Holly Argent https://anne.art/artist/holly-argent/
Women Artists of the North-East www.womenartistsnelibrary.co.uk
A Feminist Walk of Newcastle:
· https://www.walkingborders.com/post/a-feminist-walk-in-newcastle
· Podcast from Sociological Review Undisciplining Conference: https://thesociologicalreview.org/projects/undisciplining/the-undisciplining-sessions/developing-a-feminist-walk-of-newcastle/
A Feminist Walk of Cork https://www.feministwalkcork.ie/
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
· Music: Thinking Ahead. https://www.purple-planet.com
· Thanks to Dr Suzanne Albary for inspiration and top tips!
· Thanks to Ben Robertson for updates to thinkthreeways.com
KEEP IN TOUCH:
· Think Three Ways website - project pages.
In the final episode of A Feminist Family History in Eight Lives, I reflect on my experiences of creating this podcast series about my grandmothers and great-grandmothers. I’m also in conversation with Professor Maggie O’Neill, an expert in biographical and walking research.
REFERENCES
Light, A. (2014 ) Common People: The History of an English Family, Penguin. (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/56773/common-people-by-light-alison/9780141039862)
Meinzer, K. (2019) So You Want To Start a Podcast. Harper Collins.
Professor Maggie O’Neill. https://www.professormaggieoneill.com/
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
· Music: Thinking Ahead. https://www.purple-planet.com
· Thanks to Dr Suzanne Albary for inspiration and top tips!
· Thanks to Ben Robertson for updates to www.thinkthreeways.com
KEEP IN TOUCH:
· e: in8lives@gmail.com
· Think Three Ways website - project pages.
The eighth and final story of this podcast series about my grandmothers and six of my great-grandmothers. This week we’re back in England, in the north-west, in the 1600s. After the English Civil War, religious dissent is on the rise and Jennet Greenhow, my tenth maternal great-grandmother is caught up in the rise of early Quakerism.
You can now listen to this podcast series on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts and Audible.
REFERENCES
Grubb, M. (2002) The Quakers of Mosedale. Mosedale Preparative Meeting. 2e.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
· Music: Thinking Ahead. https://www.purple-planet.com
· Thanks to Dr Suzanne Albary for inspiration and top tips!
· Thanks to Ben Robertson for ongoing updates to thinkthreeways.com
KEEP IN TOUCH:
· e: in8lives@gmail.com
· Think Three Ways website - project pages.
https://www.quaker.org.uk/history-of-quakers
Continuing the series of stories about my grandmothers and great-grandmothers, this week’s episode crosses the Atlantic to what was the British colony of Maryland to tell the story of my seventh maternal great-grandmother, Margrit McClester.
You can now listen to this podcast series on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts and Audible.
REFERENCES
Carr, L.G and Walsh, L.S (1977) The Planter’s Wife: The Experience of White Women in Seventeenth Century Maryland. The William and Mary Quarterly, 34:4 pp. 542-571.
Conditions in the Early Colonies, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/wibconditionsearlycoloniesfinal.pdf
Life in Colonial America Prior to the Revolutionary War. American Battlefield Trust. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/life-colonial-america-prior-revolutionary-war
McMillen, C.W. (2016) Pandemics: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
US history: https://www.ushistory.org
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
· Music: Thinking Ahead. https://www.purple-planet.com
· Thanks to Dr Suzanne Albary for inspiration and top tips!
· Thanks to Ben Robertson for ongoing updates to thinkthreeways.com
KEEP IN TOUCH:
· e: in8lives@gmail.com
· Think Three Ways website - project pages.
Catherine Kneebone: What Might Have Been.
Continuing the series of stories about my grandmothers and great-grandmothers, this week’s episode stars another Cornishwoman, Catherine Kneebone, my fourth maternal great-grandmother. Plus I admit to taking a wrong turn!
This podcast can now be found on Apple Podcasts Connect: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-feminist-family-history-in-eight-lives/id1748422593
REFERENCES
Du Maurier, D. (1967) Vanishing Cornwall. London: Victor Gollancz.
Light, A. (2014 ) Common People: The History of an English Family, Penguin.
(https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/56773/common-people-by-light-alison/9780141039862)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
· Music: Thinking Ahead. https://www.purple-planet.com
· Thanks to Dr Suzanne Albary for inspiration and top tips!
· Thanks to Ben Robertson for updates to thinkthreeways.com
KEEP IN TOUCH:
· e: in8lives@gmail.com
· Think Three Ways website - project pages.
In a different sort of episode, find out about one of the key methods I use to research and recreate the lives and stories of my grandmothers and great-grandmothers: the genealogical road trip! Come with me on the South West Sojourn and the North East Excursion!
REFERENCES
Beamish: The Living Museum of the North East https://www.beamish.org.uk/
Kresen Kernow https://kresenkernow.org/
Light, A. (20?? ) Common People: The History of an English Family, Penguin. (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/56773/common-people-by-light-alison/9780141039862)
Royal William Yard https://royalwilliamyard.com/
The Box https://www.theboxplymouth.com/
The Newlyn Archive https://newlynarchive.org.uk/
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
· Music: Thinking Ahead. https://www.purple-planet.com
· Thanks to Dr Suzanne Albary for inspiration and top tips!
KEEP IN TOUCH:
· e: in8lives@gmail.com
· Think Three Ways website - project pages.
Meet Catharine Dolphin (1841-1922), my maternal great-great grandmother, who was born into wealth but lived and died in a pit village. How social stigma led family members to live parallel lives.
REFERENCES
Edgerton, D. (2018) The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth Century History. London: Allen Lane.
Elliott, B. (2014) Tracing your Coalmining Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians. Barnsley: Pen & Sword.
Horn, P. (2016). My ancestor was in service: A guide to sources for family historians London: Society of Genealogists Enterprises Limited.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
· Music:
Thinking Ahead. https://www.purple-planet.com
· Thanks to Dr Suzanne Albary for inspiration and top tips!
KEEP IN TOUCH:
· e: in8lives@gmail.com
· Think Three Ways website - project pages.
Meet Anna Rookley (1858-1949), my paternal great-grandmother, whose long life was lived in the shadow of the shipyards. The hidden side of family history.
Thanks to Rodda Thomas for his contribution to this episode.
REFERENCES
· Horn, P., (2016). My ancestor was in service: A guide to sources for family historians London: Society of Genealogists Enterprises Limited.
· Titanic Belfast. https://www.titanicbelfast.com/
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
· Music: Thinking Ahead. https://www.purple-planet.com
· Dr Suzanne Albary for inspiration and top tips!
KEEP IN TOUCH:
· e: in8lives@gmail.com
· X: @drkcarrutherst
· My website: www.thinkthreeways.com
o https://www.thinkthreeways.com/feminist-family-history-in-eight-lives-the-podcast/
Meet Gladys (1898-1978), my paternal grandmother, proud Cornishwoman and ace dressmaker.
REFERENCES
The Newlyn Archive (2018). Newlyn At War 1939-1945 https://newlynarchive.org.uk/product/newlyn-at-war/
The Newlyn School https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/n/newlyn-school
Elizabeth Armstrong Forbes https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/elizabeth-forbes-189
Cornwall Yesteryear, Today and Dreckly. A Short History of West End Stores, Redruth by Charles Sibthorpe. https://cornwallyesteryear.com/a-short-history-of-west-end-stores-redruth-by-charles-sibthorpe/
National Maritime Museum, Cornwall. Operation Ariel and Falmouth – June 1940. https://www.maritimeviews.co.uk/focus-on-falmouth/operation-ariel-and-falmouth/
The Cornish Bird: Cornwall’s Hidden History Blog. Wartime Cornwall – A Haven For the French Resistance and Europe’s Refugees. https://cornishbirdblog.com/wartime-cornwall-a-haven-for-the-french-resistance-europes-refugees/
Falmouth Official. D-Day Landings. https://www.falmouth.co.uk/d-day-landings/
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Music: Thinking Ahead. https://www.purple-planet.com
Thanks to Dr Suzanne Albary for inspiration and top tips!
KEEP IN TOUCH:
Meet Lillian (1907-1989), my maternal grandmother and hear her story from coalmining community to wartime London.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Music: Thinking Ahead. https://www.purple-planet.com
Thanks to Dr Suzanne Albary for inspiration and top tips!
REFERENCES
Beamish: The Living Museum of the North https://www.beamish.org.uk/
Elliott, Brian A., (2014). Tracing Your Coalmining Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books Ltd.
Renton, D. (2006). Crossing occupation borders: migration to the north-east of England History in Focus: Migration. Issue 11. https://archives.history.ac.uk/history-in-focus/Migration/articles/renton.html
KEEP IN TOUCH:
X: @drkcarrutherst #FFH8
insta: @femfamhistory
How we do family history has changed remarkably in the last twenty years. What hasn't changed is whose stories get told. Introducing a new series focusing on women's lives.
Further Information
Light, A. (2015 ) Common People: The History of an English Family, Penguin Books.
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/56773/common-people-by-light-alison/9780141039862
Beamish: The Living Museum of the North https://www.beamish.org.uk/
insta: @femfamhistory
Find out more about this project by heading to my website www.thinkthreeways.com
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Music: Thinking Ahead. https://www.purple-planet.com
Thanks to Dr Suzanne Albary for inspiration and top tips!
Trailer for a podcast series, starting 22 April 2024.
In A Feminist Family History in Eight Lives Kate Carruthers Thomas is a re-creates the stories of her grandmothers and six great-grandmothers over ten generations. The family history which too often remains out of sight.
FURTHER INFORMATION
e: in8lives@gmail.com
insta: @femfamhistory
Find out more about this project by heading to my website www.thinkthreeways.com
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Music: Thinking Ahead. https://www.purple-planet.com
Thanks to Dr Suzanne Albary for inspiration and top tips!