Somerset Coalfield Life at Radstock Museum's Bygone Days Talks Autumn Program begins with:

Helen Pugh "Unsung Women in Somerset" an illustrated presentation

Helen Pugh will reveal the stories behind real life and legendary women who lived, loved, worked and made a difference in the county of Somerset. Often, these women were erased from the narrative, both when they were alive and after they died in terms of how their stories were overlooked. As well as gender discrimination, some of the women encountered discrimination due to ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social standing and so on.

Helen has written a book also entitled "Unsung Women in Somerset." She says, "I chose "in Somerset" rather than "of Somerset" because not all the women were born or raised in Somerset. Some of them came into the county later in life and so I felt the word "in" conveyed this idea better.

Examples of the women include an African princess who survived and thrived despite the odds, a woman who had two funerals and an enslaved Roman woman who married a priest.

Bygone Days Talks take place at Chilcompton Village Hall starting at 7:30pm until 8:30pm. Entry £5. Raffle available, all funds to Radstock Museum, charity no 1151573.