Tag: Funeral Home

• Little Miss Funeral

  Lauren LeRoy is a funeral director from New York State. Entering mortuary school at nineteen, she had no idea what she was in for. Lauren reflects on her experiences in a male dominated industry and on why her job is so important. This beautiful dedication to her Grandfather’s memory takes us back to a snowy…

  Death and the Maiden

  19/09/2016

  Guest Post

  Care, Career, Change, Culture, Deadmaidens, Death, Experiences, Female, Female Identity, Funeral, Funeral Director, Funeral Home, Funeral Industry, Gender Roles, Grief, Tradition

• Women in the Mourning

  

  Author of The Undertaker’s Daughter, Kate Mayfield is here to take us back in time. A time when women were not public figures in the funeral industry but played important roles ‘behind the scenes’ at her father’s funeral home, Kate’s childhood home.

  Death and the Maiden

  16/02/2015

  Book Club, Guest Post

  Deadmaidens, Death, Death and the Maiden, Experiences, Funeral, Funeral Home, Gender Roles, Memoir, Private, Public, Society, Undertaker, Women, Writer

• Launch Giveaway

  We are delighted to announce our first post this coming Monday will be from the wonderful Kate Mayfield, author of The Undertaker’s Daughter!

  Death and the Maiden

  09/02/2015

  Announcement

  Deadmaidens, Death, Death and the Maiden, Funeral, Funeral Home, Memoir, Society, Undertaker, Writer