A women burned to death after she was accused of being a witch aged just 17 will be remembered almost 400 years on with a new street in Fife named in her honour.
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Medieval image of women being burned, and others held in stocks, after being labelled witches . Photo: Public Domain
IF there’s one thing we have proved in the last few years it’s that our understanding of our history frames how we live today, from the political choices we make to the responsibility we feel to minority communities and more generally to how we take our place in the world individually and as a society. In 2018, I remapped Scotland according to women’s history for Historic Environment Scotland. It seemed an esoteric project, even in the early wake of the Brexit referendum, but it radicalised me as an equality activist.
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