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The
BBC online magazine for Liverpool Local History.
Issue 08 - February
2003 :: WOMENS HISTORY
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About
The Liverpool
Women’s History Group
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The
Liverpool Women's History Group is Group of fourteen elderly
women, ranging in age from 50 - 80-odd!
After completing courses at Second Chance to Learn (with the
wonderful Eileen Kelly) at Liverpool Community College, the
group decided to explore women’s place in history - a topic
long ignored.
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| Fashion
& Leisure |
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"We
girls slapped on the leg make up and stood for hours in queues
for a lipstick" |
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| Where
we lived |
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"Steps
were lovingly cleaned with sandstone from the cemetary" |
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| Working
Lives |
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"I
worked at the Bear Brand in Woolton making silk stockings" |
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| Changing
Times |
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"At
that time there was a religious divide in some areas" |
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