A Feminist Family History in Eight Lives

Kate Carruthers Thomas
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Kate Carruthers Thomas retraces the lives of her grandmothers and great-grandmothers over ten generations, telling stories of women’s lives: the hidden side of family history.

  1. 08/12/2024 ·  Bonus

    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/ 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: e: kate.thomas@bcu.ac.uk w: Think Three Ways website - project pages.

  2. 07/18/2024 ·  Bonus

    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, 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: ·        e: kate.thomas@bcu.ac.uk ·        Think Three Ways website - project pages.

  3. 07/15/2024

    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) 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.

  4. 07/08/2024

    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 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

  5. 07/01/2024

    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 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.

  6. 06/24/2024

    8. The Life and Times of Philadelphia Carruthers

    Continuing 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 and top tips! ·      Thanks to Ben Robertson for ongoing updates to www.thinkthreeways.com KEEP IN TOUCH: ·       e: in8lives@gmail.com ·      Think Three Ways website - project pages.

  7. 06/10/2024

    7. 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) 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.

  8. 06/03/2024

    6. The Genealogical Road Trip

    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.

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Kate Carruthers Thomas retraces the lives of her grandmothers and great-grandmothers over ten generations, telling stories of women’s lives: the hidden side of family history.

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