What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Mary Burton 1819-1909 Educational and social reformer. Won groundbreaking rights for women to attend the Watt Institution and School of Arts in 1869. First female Governor of Heriot-Watt College. Recorded plaque organisation: Heriot-Watt University.
Mary Burton was a pioneering educational and social reformer who secured groundbreaking rights for women to attend the Watt Institution and School of Arts in 1869, becoming the first female Governor of Heriot-Watt College.
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