Subject: Women in History
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19th January, 2024 in Local & Family History, Transport & Industry, Women in History
The Last Women of the Durham Coalfield – Hannah’s grand-daughter
This is the last book in the trilogy that started with my great great grandmother, Hannah Hall in the 1820’s as she re-located with her family to a new coal mine opening up in Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham. No-one at that time could have known the importance of that move. By 1822…
15th January, 2024 in Military, Women in History
Remembering Patricia Rorke: A remarkable woman who lived through World War II
Author of Remarkable Women of the Second World War, Victoria Panton Bacon, remembers Pat Rorke. Pat died on 9th December 2023, aged 100 years and five weeks. ‘After the war, you have to learn to live together, remember that you are all human … behind all the bare recounted facts…
19th October, 2016 in History, Women in History
12 little-known facts about Catherine of Aragon
What do you really know about Henry VIII’s first wife, Catherine of Aragon? Here are 12 facts which profile this tenacious, single-minded and principled Tudor queen. 1. Betrothal to Arthur Catherine was betrothed to Henry VII’s infant son Arthur, at the age of three. Th…