What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: Jessie Chrystal MacMillan 1872 - 1937. Suffragist, founder of Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, First woman science graduate for the University (1896). Recorded plaque organisation: University of Edinburgh.
Jessie Chrystal MacMillan was a pioneering suffragist and the first woman to graduate in science from the University of Edinburgh in 1896. She is remembered for founding the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, advocating for women’s rights and global peace.
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