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page 120th-century Scottish women writers

Carol Ann Duffy
Scottish poet and playwright (born 1955)
Helen Bannerman
Scottish author of children's books (1862–1946)

Margot Asquith
British socialite, author and wit (1864-1945)
Ishbel Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair
British author, philanthropist and advocate of woman's interests (1857–1939)
Ann Macbeth
British artist (1875-1948)
Janey Godley
Scottish actor, writer and comedian (1961–2024)

Isobel Wylie Hutchison
Scottish Arctic traveller and botanist (1889-1982)
Margot Bennett
British writer (1912–1980)
Elizabeth Ross
Scottish physician
Lesley Beake
South African children's author
Anna Murdoch Mann
Scottish journalist and author (1944–2026)
Isabel Emslie Hutton
British doctor
Alice Stewart Ker
Scottish doctor and suffragette

Florence Petty
British cookery writer and broadcaster (1870–1948)

Eleanor Vere Boyle
British artist (1825-1916)
Marion Crawford
UK royal governess (1909-1988)
Margaret Tait
British filmmaker, writer, poet
Eliza Brightwen
Scottish naturalist (1830-1906)
Wendy Wood
Scottish political activist (1892–1981)
Helen Adam
Scottish poet and photographer (1909-1993)
Zainab Cobbold
British Muslim aristocrat
Liz Lochhead
Scottish poet and essayist (born 1947)
Mea Allan
British writer (1909-1982)
Jenni Calder
British historian
Molly Weir
Scottish actress (1910-2004)
Janet Barrowman
Scottish suffragette
Nancy Loudon
Scottish gynaecologist (1926–2009)
Lilian Bowes Lyon
poet (1895-1949)
Christine De Luca
Scottish poet
Evelyn Irons
Scottish journalist
Maud Sulter
british artist, poet and short story writer (1960–2008)
Mollie Hunter
Scottish children's writer (1922-2012)