Women in politics, Dundee asylums and WWII bomber raids
Susan Morrison on Eunice Guthrie, the first woman to stand for parliament in Scotland. Plus the case notes of women in Dundee asylums and the experience of WWII bombing raids.
Mary Crichton, normally in charge of a large household with governess and servants, βcontrived to destroy the water closet by putting in flower plants from the gardenβ she was just one of many women from Dundee and Montrose who became ill after childbirth in the 19th century and was diagnosed with βpuerperal insanityβ. Susan Morrison talks to Morag Allan Campbell of St Andrews University about their lives. Moving forward in time, how does a virtual reality re-creation of a Lancaster bombing raid feel to someone who was really there on many of those raids? Former RAF tail gunner Geoffrey Payne steps into a VR recreation of the famous 'F for Freddie' ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ wartime recording and tells us about his recollections. Then we're onto the 1918 campaign trail with Dr Paul Philippou of Dundee University. It was the first election where women could stand for parliament and one women in a Scottish constituency put herself forward - Eunice Guthrie Murray. There were some pitfalls however, as she tried to play down her posh roots in Glasgow Bridgeton!
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Puerperal insanity
Duration: 03:35
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In the cockpit of a VR Lancaster Bomber
Duration: 08:04
Broadcasts
- Tue 27 Nov 2018 13:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
- Sun 2 Dec 2018 07:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
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Time Travels
Susan Morrison explores the rich and sometimes murky depths of Scotland's past.