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  • Groups of women at some kind of reception sit at tables decorated with flowers. There is a row of five women of varying ages in the rear of photo, along a straight table.

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    Madge Easton Anderson

    Trail blazing lawyer and Scotland’s first female solicitor

  • Sepia toned, older newspaper image of woman sat for portrait photo facing at a 45 degree angle. She is wearing period clothing, appears to be wrapped in a shawl and holds her round metal glasses in her right hand.

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    Mary Burton

    Social and educational reformer, suffragist and first female director of Heriot-Watt College.

  • A very early era black and white photograph of a person intently staring at the camera. They are wearing a suit jacket and waistcoat, with a white shirt and cravat.

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    Frederick Douglass

    African American author, philosopher, anti-slavery activist and statesman

  • Image is a colour portrait painted of a person sitting in a chair with their hands in their lap, fingers interlaced. They are wearing several layers with a brown coat, and are looking with a serious expression to the right of the painter.

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    Adam Ferguson

    Leading historian and philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment

  • Black and white portrait photo of a person in a suit, jacket and tie. The person is looking off to the right and has unruly hair and a beard.

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    Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham

    Campaigner for social justice and internationally famous man of adventure

  • 18th century portrait of man with long, fair coloured beard.

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    Thomas Hope

    Lawyer and co-author of the National Covenant

  • Black and white portrait photograph of a person sitting with their arms folded in an armchair. They are wearing glasses and a necklace, and behind them on a sideboard table are family photographs and a bunch of flowers in a vase.

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    Baroness Florence Horsbrugh

    First woman to serve as a cabinet minister in a Conservative government

  • Black and white photograph of a person standing in profile, facing to the right. They are wearing a large dark dress of expensive-looking fabric and are holding a fan in their right hand.

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    Sarah Siddons Mair

    Campaigner for women's education and women's suffrage

  • Two black and white portraits of white women, both with the appearance of white hair.

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    Louisa Stevenson / Christian Guthrie Wright

    Campaigners for women’s education and founders of Queen Margaret University

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    Mary Lily Walker

    Dundee social reformer, organiser, chronicler and charity founder

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