Kathrina Perry - Local Historian

  Last week I had the rare opportunity (especially after the last few years) to go to a course of Forgotten Women. Held at the amazing Bishopsgate Institute, Forgotten Women highlighted the different sources in which you can find women.   Studying women's history can be difficult. Much of the histories about towns, events etc are often written from the male perspective.  My own research into women in the boot and shoe industry in Northampton is evidence of this where much is written about the factories themselves and the products they made. The social and somewhat more personal histories are of the manufacturers and owners, many of whom were heavily involved in local politics. However, very little is written about their wives despite them also having a large role in local campaigns and organisations. Even those who were the mayoress are rarely mentioned, other than a sentence in the local newspapers to say they'd attended a prize giving.  The course, however, in...