Jean Maxwell, sorceress
Scottish cunning woman convicted of pretending to practise witchcraft
Female, Scottish, Witch
Female
English, Female, Folklorist
Violet Alford
Internationally recognised authority on folk dancing and its related music and folk customs.
Female, Scottish, Witch
Bute witches
Six Scottish women accused of witchcraft on Bute during the Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1661–1662.
Female, Jacobite, Scottish, Songwriter
Carolina Nairne
Scottish songwriter, many of whose songs, such as “Will ye no’ come back again?” and “Charlie is my Darling”, remain popular today, almost two hundred years after they were written.
English, Female, Feminist, Horse racing
Florence Nagle
Trainer and breeder of racehorses, a breeder of pedigree dogs, and an active feminist
American, Female, Feminist, Geologist
Lady Rachel Workman MacRobert
Geologist, cattle breeder, an active feminist and creator of the MacRobert Trust, a charity that supports the RAF and others
Female, Poet, Scottish, Songwriter
Jean Adam
Jean Adam (30 April 1704 – 3 April 1765) was a Scottish poet whose best-known work is “There’s Nae Luck Aboot The Hoose”.
English, Female, Feminist, Suffragist
Mary Taylor
Early advocate for women’s rights, born in Gomersal in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, (1817–1893).
English, Female, Painter, Suffragist
Emily Ford
Emily Susan Ford (1850–1930), artist and campaigner for women’s rights, was born into a Quaker family in Leeds. She trained as an artist at the Slade School of Art and exhibited at the Royal Academy.
Female, Folklorist, Scottish, Suffragette, Writer
Jessie Saxby
Author and folklorist from Unst, one of the Shetland Islands of Scotland. She also had political interests and was a suffragette.
