The BBC online magazine for Liverpool Local History.

Issue 08 - February 2003 :: WOMENS HISTORY

About The Liverpool Women’s History Group 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. Click here to learn more about the Liverpool Women's History Group

Fashion & Leisure "We girls slapped on the leg make up and stood for hours in queues for a lipstick"

Children's Lives "Most girls were expected to wait on their brothers"

War Time & Evacuees "It was terrifying to see the telegraph boy on his red bike"

Where we lived "Steps were lovingly cleaned with sandstone from the cemetary"

Working Lives "I worked at the Bear Brand in Woolton making silk stockings"

Changing Times "At that time there was a religious divide in some areas"