11. Making a Feminist Family History

A Few Forgotten Women

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/ [https://www.fewforgottenwomen.com/] A Few Forgotten Women Fridays https://www.fewforgottenwomen.com/general-6 [https://www.fewforgottenwomen.com/general-6] Margaret Roberts:   https://www.playingpasts.co.uk/ [https://www.playingpasts.co.uk/] X:@researchdogbody Mandy Geary: X: @TheRootsGenie, Threads: @mandytherootsgenie Insta: @mandytherootsgenie All About That Place 2024 https://bit.ly/3M22zPu [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 [thinkthreeways.com]  KEEP IN TOUCH: e: kate.thomas@bcu.ac.uk [kate.thomas@bcu.ac.uk] w: Think Three Ways website - project [https://bit.ly/49sNFLA] pages.

Creating Feminist Walks

Creating Feminist Walks This bonus episode of A Feminist Family History in Eight Lives features an interview with Professor Maggie O’Neill [https://www.professormaggieoneill.com/⁠], 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/ [https://www.professormaggieoneill.com/] Professor Misha Myers https://www.gre.ac.uk/people/rep/las/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/ [https://url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/gvaEC6z8YcVPO49UpjIEV?domain=walkinglibraryproject.wordpress.com/] ·        Clare Qualmann https://clarequalmann.co.uk/ [https://url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/_5-ZC7W3DCEzpB6UWXdp9?domain=clarequalmann.co.uk/] Jan Haaken https://www.jhaaken.com/ [https://www.jhaaken.com/] Feminist Walk - Searching for Asylum https://vimeo.com/176763871 [https://url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/AYEdC0XRATJkoAWHOddrl?domain=vimeo.com] Walk of the Heroines. Portland State University https://www.pdx.edu/heroines/ [https://www.pdx.edu/heroines/] Dr Nelli Stavropoulou  https://www.open.ac.uk/people/ns9939 [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/ [https://walkingborders.wordpress.com/2017/04/14/feminists-walking-in-the-city/comment-page-1/] Holly Argent  https://anne.art/artist/holly-argent/ [https://anne.art/artist/holly-argent/] Women Artists of the North-East www.womenartistsnelibrary.co.uk [http://www.womenartistsnelibrary.co.uk] A Feminist Walk of Newcastle: ·        https://www.walkingborders.com/post/a-feminist-walk-in-newcastle [https://url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/xeYZC8B2XsOXvyMU2VxVn?domain=walkingborders.com] ·        Podcast from  Sociological Review Undisciplining Conference: https://thesociologicalreview.org/projects/undisciplining/the-undisciplining-sessions/developing-a-feminist-walk-of-newcastle/ [https://thesociologicalreview.org/projects/undisciplining/the-undisciplining-sessions/developing-a-feminist-walk-of-newcastle/] A Feminist Walk of Cork https://www.feministwalkcork.ie/ [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: ·        e: kate.thomas@bcu.ac.uk [kate.thomas@bcu.ac.uk] ·        Think Three Ways website - project [https://bit.ly/49sNFLA] pages.

11. Making a Feminist Family History

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 [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/ [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 [in8lives@gmail.com] ·      Think Three Ways website - project [https://bit.ly/49sNFLA] pages.

10. Jennet: A Letter to Martha

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 Quakers in Britain [https://www.quaker.org.uk/history-of-quakers] 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 [in8lives@gmail.com] ·      Think Three Ways website - project [https://bit.ly/49sNFLA] pages. https://www.quaker.org.uk/history-of-quakers

9. Margrit: The Planter's Wife

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 [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 [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 [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 [in8lives@gmail.com] ·      Think Three Ways website - project [https://bit.ly/49sNFLA] pages.