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Great women associated with Trust places

A sepia photograph of a group of women, dressed in heavy wool clothing, sitting on a hillside. They are smiling.

Women on St Kilda

On International’s Women Day, we’re celebrating the stories of some of the great women associated with Trust places.

A black and white photograph of a young woman in the 1930s holding a small bird in her hands. She is in a garden. She wears a white blouse and a darker wool skirt, with a shoulder bag looped across her body.

A portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots wearing a huge lace ruff around her neck with a matching bonnet. Her red hair has been neatly pinned back beneath. She wears a black dress.

A sepia photograph of Agnes Toward. It is a head-and-shoulders shot. She wears a velvet top and a double string of pearls.

A small, oval portrait of a woman, in a dark wood frame, hangs on a wall. The woman is young, has dark hair tied back and wears a red dress with a white lace collar, held by a brooch.

A sepia photograph with a card mount of a seated older woman in the 1920s. She wears a dark wool jacket and skirt, with a hat. She has quite a stern expression. At the bottom of the card mount are some handwritten notes: Your most [unknown word] friend Violet Jacob | 3 September 1922.

A portrait of a young Georgian woman, depicted sitting on a red chair. She wears a white dress, with a blue sash around the waist. The sleeves are very baggy. Her dark hair is tied into a bun, with some tight ringlets falling around her face.

A black and white photograph of Mairi Sawyer, at the transfer of Inverewe Garden to the Trust. She wears a white dress and stands giving a speech. A number of other people sit behind her.

A black-and-white photograph of Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, seated and looking directly at the camera.

A tiny silhouette portrait of a woman's head and shoulders, in an oval wooden frame, sits on a polished wooden desk. Other similar framed little silhouettes lie behind. A shelf of books can just be seen in the background.

An oil painting of an older Georgian woman, sitting on a red chair. She wears a cream bonnet and white blouse, with a black lace shawl around her shoulders.

A watercolour of Hannah Lorimer, shown sitting in a chair and embroidering a large red bedcover. This is spread over her knees and falls onto the floor.

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