Women’s Lives on the Farm – Dr Janet Few

Monday 16th June 2.30pm in Saxmundham, Suffolk

A look at the role of our female rural ancestors. This presentation considers the many skills that our female rural ancestors would have needed to master, both in the farmhouse and on the land. Other women were paid for their agricultural work or undertook piece work to boost the domestic economy, and the type of work that they might undertake will also be investigated.

Janet Few is an experienced and well-known British family, social and community historian who has lectured at conferences across the English-speaking world and at sea. She is an author of both historical fiction and non-fiction, as well as many magazine articles. In addition, she has worked with the UK ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ television programme. As an educator, Janet runs online genealogy and social history courses for Pharos Tutoring and Teaching. She is currently serving as the President of the Family History Federation and is actively involved in several other family history organisations.

For Janet, the joy of genealogy lies in the context and she believes in the importance of understanding the history of the places in which our ancestors lived and the social history of their time.

The talk takes place on Monday 16th June at 2.30pm, in person at the Fromus Centre, Street Farm Road, Saxmundham, IP17 1AL (behind the Library) and, for members only, on Zoom. Janet will be speaking to us on Zoom and the talk starts at 2.30pm. No need to book – just turn up — at £1.00 for members, £3.00 for visitors, including tea/coffee/biscuits. Good, free car-parking. Only members can take part in our meetings on Zoom, but it only costs £8 for a year’s membership – see https://avsfhg.org.uk/membership/ and Zooming is free.

Future programme: all at 2.30pm at the Fromus Centre, Saxmundham:

Mon 19th May     Members’ Stories                 Charles Turner, Jenny Mann, Pat Carter and Maureen Botwright

Mon 16th June    Women’s Lives on the Farm           Janet Few

Mon 21st July      The Garrett Family                       Fraser Hale

And don’t forget we have a vast amount of local information which is not available online at our archives in Leiston. See what we have here:  https://avsfhg.org.uk/hc/help-centre/

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