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A Feminist Family History in Eight LivesA Few Forgotten WomenThis 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...2024-08-1223 minA Feminist Family History in Eight LivesCreating Feminist WalksCreating 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:
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Dee
Heddon https://walkinglibraryproject.wordpress.com/about-us/
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Clare
Qualmann https://clarequalmann.co.uk/
Jan Haaken http...2024-07-1811 minA Feminist Family History in Eight Lives11. Making a Feminist Family HistoryIn 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
· ...2024-07-1519 minA Feminist Family History in Eight Lives10. Jennet: A Letter to MarthaThe 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
Quakers in Britain
Grubb, M. (2002) The Quakers of Mosedale. Mosedale Preparative Meeting. 2e.
...2024-07-0814 minA Feminist Family History in Eight Lives9. Margrit: The Planter's WifeContinuing 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://natu...2024-07-0114 minA Feminist Family History in Eight Lives8. The Life and Times of Philadelphia CarruthersContinuing the series of stories about my grandmothers and great-grandmothers, this week’s episode moves to Scotland to find out about my sixth paternal great-grandmother, Philadelphia Carruthers. This episode manages to combine clan politics and Hello magazine!
You can now listen to this podcast series on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts and Audible.
REFERENCES
Heirs of Enslavement
Podcast with Laura Trevelyan and Clive Lewis. Persephonica
Richard Drax: Jamaica eyes slavery reparations from Tory MP BBC News 30/11/22
David Harewood: Portrait to diversify Harewood House art collection BBC News 606/03/23
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
· Music: Thinking Ahead. https://www.purple-planet.com
· Thanks to Dr Suzanne Albary for inspiration...2024-06-2415 minA Feminist Family History in Eight Lives7. Catherine Kneebone. What Might Have Been.
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)...2024-06-1018 minA Feminist Family History in Eight Lives6. The Genealogical Road TripIn 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...2024-06-0321 minA Feminist Family History in Eight Lives5. Catharine Dolphin: Parallel LivesMeet 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:
Thinkin...2024-05-2715 minA Feminist Family History in Eight Lives4. Anna: From Service to ShipyardMeet 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: in8...2024-05-2023 minA Feminist Family History in Eight Lives3. Gladys: Grandma in CornwallMeet 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 Co...2024-05-0619 minA Feminist Family History in Eight Lives2. Lillian: A Twentieth Century LifeMeet 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...2024-04-2922 minA Feminist Family History in Eight Lives1. All the People in the Tree?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/
e: in8lives@gmail.com
insta: @femfamhistory
Find out more about this project by
heading to my website www.thinkthreeways.co...2024-04-2213 minA Feminist Family History in Eight LivesA Feminist Family History in Eight LivesTrailer 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!
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SRHE (Society for Research into Higher Education) Conference And Network PodcastsGetting Geographical: Mapping Landscapes of Higher EducationKate Carruthers Thomas, Birmingham City University, speaks at SRHE Post-Compulsory and Higher Education Network Event - In whose interests? Access, participation and progression in a context of changing configurations of HE (Audio length - 00:29:39)2017-05-2329 minSRHE (Society for Research into Higher Education) Conference And Network PodcastsGetting Geographical: Mapping Landscapes of Higher EducationKate Carruthers Thomas, Birmingham City University, speaks at SRHE Post-Compulsory and Higher Education Network Event - In whose interests? Access, participation and progression in a context of changing configurations of HE (Audio length - 00:29:39)2017-05-2329 minSRHE (Society for Research into Higher Education) Conference And Network PodcastsInside Out: Researching Gender in the InstitutionKate Carruthers Thomas; Birmingham City University, speaks at the SRHE Access and Widening Participation Network event - Using research to inform higher education policy and practice (Audio length - 00:21:43)2016-04-1521 minSRHE (Society for Research into Higher Education) Conference And Network PodcastsInside Out: Researching Gender in the InstitutionKate Carruthers Thomas; Birmingham City University, speaks at the SRHE Access and Widening Participation Network event - Using research to inform higher education policy and practice (Audio length - 00:21:43)2016-04-1521 min