THREAD: Scottish women who had impact in Europe. Born illegitimate in Oban, Victorian Rose Blaze de Bury moved to Paris, where she hosted a salon, wrote several novels, drafted an economic plan for Austria & helped set up a bank. She corresponded with Bismark. Jawdropping no? /1
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Cos I'm in Spain - a thread of Scottish foremothers who fought fascism during the Civil War 1936-9. Cos fighting facism is important. This is Annie Murray Knight - a nurse. Her stories of Italian planes dropping sweet tins with bombs inside, which blew up kids, are harrowing. /1 pic.twitter.com/NCPcxDo0S8
— Sara Sheridan (@sarasheridan) September 19, 2019
Fantastic\U0001f49c I always love these lists!! From an entirely selfish pov could recommend Dr Katherine MacPhail, who ignored the ban on women being allowed on the ww1 front, to save lives in Serbia & setting up Belgrade's first sick kids hospital pretty much single handed #shecan \U0001f4aa\U0001f49c
— Iain MacPhail (@LeithWhisky) December 26, 2020
Can I add Catherine Read to the list please?
— Philip Kingscott (@philipkingscott) December 27, 2020
One of the first successful Scottish female artists. Created beautiful pastels and was the talk of the court in Paris and Rome. pic.twitter.com/phlLrgL4Oj
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On the 27th of June. Noah's naked body was sadly discovered 950m inside a storm drain, between access points. This storm drain was accessible through an area completely unfamiliar to him, behind houses at Northwood Road. https://t.co/bpz3Rmc0wq
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