New Series coming up

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Coming Soon: Ladies of the Shoe Industry: Women's Philanthropy in The Northampton Boot and Shoe Industry


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. 


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