Hour or Two

Our researchers have brought together a lot of information about different women from around Essex. We are now looking for volunteers to put this information onto the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia, either to write new articles or update existing ones.

We are seeking to find out stories about the roles of women within companies who have invented, developed or manufactured items within our collection, including Ford of Dunton over the last 100 years, with the aim that this information will inform a new e

Help us to make props and costumes for volunteers taking part in the Colchester Carnival procession

We are looking for more information about women who worked at the Brightlingsea Fish Yards between 1918 and 1939. To give us a starting point, we are asking for volunteers to look online and collate a list of websites that have relevant information

Visit the Snapping the Stiletto exhibition and write a blog post to be shared on social media, your own website and/or the Snapping the Stiletto website.

Help us track down stories of women working at the Marconi Factory in Chelmsford

We are seeking to find out stories about the roles of women within companies who have invented, developed or manufactured items within our collection, including Bentalls of Heybridge, over the last 100 years, with t

We are seeking to find out stories about the roles of women within companies who have invented, developed or manufactured items within our collection, including Paxman of Colchester over the last 100 years, with the aim that this information will inform a