Kathrina Perry - Local Historian

New Series Coming Soon:   Ladies of the Shoe Trade: Women's Philanthropy in the Northampton Boot and Shoe Industry  Recently I was invited to write a blog post for History Bites  and it got me thinking that I should do more to share some of my research on my own blog. So I've decided to start a weekly series with short biographies of the ladies that I am researching for my PhD. The main thought behind this is to gather my research but hopefully people will find them interesting.  I plan to post the profiles every Thursday to give myself a regular target.  Some of the profiles might not be complete but will have lots of information about philanthropic activities that the ladies were involved in.   A number of local boot and shoe making families will be features including the Manfield, Bostock, Lewis, Arnold and Barratt families.  I always welcome comments, particularly with stories about the families. 

March - Still in limbo but have a plan  I thought it would be a good time to do a quick update on how I'm getting on with all those targets I set...... Here's a recap:  For January/February I tasked myself.......  Primary research - including visits to Northampton Central Library, Northamptonshire Records Office and potentially London Type Up Notes  Organise notes into categories/topics (Current plans for General Women, Religion, General philanthropy, politics, organisations including hospitals, local history/geographic factors)  Tidy up bibliography list Create research list for both primary and secondary Create a research timetable Write 800/1000 per week - either chapter work or biographies (To see what I've tasked myself for the whole year check out my last blog post )  January Update January was a bit of a damp squib. Although I had 4 weeks off work (Exams and Semester break - nothing major) and had planned to get a large chunk of writing done I did no...