Naming a lecture theatre in honour of Scottish Suffragette piper Image Please join Melissa Highton and guest speakers on Friday 8th March to honour Bessie Watson (1900-1992), Scotland’s youngest suffragette. Bessie marched and played the bagpipes for the Women’s Social and Political Union in the early 20th century, aged just nine. She continued to be involved in the suffrage movement throughout her childhood, piping outside Calton Jail to raise the morale of the imprisoned women. She went on to study French at the University of Edinburgh, and had a career teaching violin and modern languages across the city. We hope you can join us in celebrating International Women’s Day and the pioneering woman that was Bessie Watson. If you would like to attend, please email Fiona Hendrie (f.hendrie@ed.ac.uk) Fiona Hendrie, Communications Manager, LTW Mar 08 2024 09.15 - 10.15 Naming a lecture theatre in honour of Scottish Suffragette piper LTW is inviting ISG colleagues to the naming of the Bessie Watson Lecture Theatre in the Outreach Centre, Holyrood Campus on International Women’s Day 2024. Bessie Watson Lecture Theatre, Outreach Centre, Holyrood Campus
Naming a lecture theatre in honour of Scottish Suffragette piper Image Please join Melissa Highton and guest speakers on Friday 8th March to honour Bessie Watson (1900-1992), Scotland’s youngest suffragette. Bessie marched and played the bagpipes for the Women’s Social and Political Union in the early 20th century, aged just nine. She continued to be involved in the suffrage movement throughout her childhood, piping outside Calton Jail to raise the morale of the imprisoned women. She went on to study French at the University of Edinburgh, and had a career teaching violin and modern languages across the city. We hope you can join us in celebrating International Women’s Day and the pioneering woman that was Bessie Watson. If you would like to attend, please email Fiona Hendrie (f.hendrie@ed.ac.uk) Fiona Hendrie, Communications Manager, LTW Mar 08 2024 09.15 - 10.15 Naming a lecture theatre in honour of Scottish Suffragette piper LTW is inviting ISG colleagues to the naming of the Bessie Watson Lecture Theatre in the Outreach Centre, Holyrood Campus on International Women’s Day 2024. Bessie Watson Lecture Theatre, Outreach Centre, Holyrood Campus
Mar 08 2024 09.15 - 10.15 Naming a lecture theatre in honour of Scottish Suffragette piper LTW is inviting ISG colleagues to the naming of the Bessie Watson Lecture Theatre in the Outreach Centre, Holyrood Campus on International Women’s Day 2024.
