Edinburgh School of Gardening for Women in Corstorphine
1912
Known for
Pioneering female gardener, writer
Parents
John Elder (father)
Margaret Virtue (mother)
Margaret Moffat (Madge) Elder (17 July 1893 – 25 December 1985) was a Scottish gardener, plant nursery owner, writer and feminist.[1] She published two books on the history and folklore of the Scottish Borders,[2][3][4] as well as regular articles for the Weekly Scotsman and The Scots Magazine. She recognised similarities between the suffrage movement and pioneering women gardeners.[5]
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^OpenLibrary.org. "Tell the towers thereof (1956 edition) | Open Library". Open Library. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
^Elder, Madge (1947). A winter garland 1941–1945. Galashiels: John McQueen & Son, Ltd. OL 20690243M.
^Ewan, Elizabeth; Pipes, Rose; Randall, Jane; Reynolds, Siân (2018). The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press Ltd. pp. 130–131. ISBN 978-1-4744-3629-8. OCLC 1057237368.
Margaret Moffat (Madge) Elder (17 July 1893 – 25 December 1985) was a Scottish gardener, plant nursery owner, writer and feminist. She published two books...
discreetly dress as a boy; this included tucking long hair into a boy's cap. MadgeElder is a graduate of the school. Miss Georgina Balfour, the daughter of Rev...
Dame Madge Kendal DBE (born Margaret Shafto Robertson; 15 March 1848 – 14 September 1935) was an English actress of the Victorian and Edwardian eras,...
his family a favour, asking for help. On her way, Jeanie is waylaid by Madge Wildfire and her mother Meg Murdockson. Jeanie learns that they stole the...
with Madge Shelton, who was betrothed to his fellow courtier Henry Norris. When Anne had wondered aloud to Weston why Norris had not yet married Madge, Weston...
health, Nora again left for Australia, this time to care for her elder sister, Madge. "Kathy Staff". IMDb. Retrieved 10 September 2017. 1974 Christmas...
1985. Revised edition 1986. ISBN 0-89676-083-9. Black, J. Anderson and Madge Garland: A History of Fashion, Morrow, 1975. ISBN 0-688-02893-4. Media related...
credits order. George Throckmorton Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich Margaret (Madge) Shelton Philippe de Chabot William Kingston Hans Holbein the Younger Elizabeth...
diminutive forms in many languages, including Daisy, Greta, Gretchen, Maggie, Madge, Maisie, Marge, Margie, Margo, Margot, Marnie, Meg, Megan, Molly, Peggy...
authority figure or grandfatherly elder. Hughes was born in Bedford Hills, New York, the son of Irish immigrants Marcella "Madge" (née Kiernan) and Owen Hughes...
was the daughter of stage and silent film star Richard Bennett, and the elder sister of actress Joan Bennett. Bennett was born in New York City, the eldest...
3526. "The Great Titanic" 3527. "Pictures From Life's Other Side" 3528. "Madge", "Just Tell Them That You Saw Me" 3529. "In the Baggage Coach Ahead" 3530...
and broadcaster D. G. Champernowne, economist and mathematician Charles Madge, poet, Communist, sociologist Paul Reilly, designer Basil William Robinson...
"McCoy." The McMichaels, a brother and sister played by Andy Clyde and Madge Blake in 29 and 21 episodes, respectively, lived on the hill near the McCoys...
character actor Diane Sinclair Miriam Rosen 1921-2011 American actress Madge Sinclair Madge Walters 1938-1995 Jamaican actress Bob Sinclar Christophe LeFriant...
Madge and Ian. Ian died after only two days and Alfred died in 1937 during the Depression, leaving Ena a widow with two children. As Vera and Madge grew...
An American in Paris (1951), The Band Wagon (1953), The Cobweb (1955) 3 Madge Blake An American in Paris (1951, uncredited), The Bad and the Beautiful...
baptized in the Church of Christ soon after meeting Madge. The senior Byron Nelson went on to serve as an elder in the Roanoke Church of Christ, and the younger...
Madge Griffin, Steven Hill as Joe Kedzie, Steve Brodie as Maxie November 17, 1957 (1957-11-17) Ex-con Joe Kedzie (Hill) and his former partners Madge...
rival for Madge Ramsay's (Anne Charleston) affections. Oliver told David Balls of Digital Spy that Lou had always had a huge crush on Madge and he decides...
of coming often to her chambers not to pay court to her lady-in-waiting Madge Shelton but to herself. Sir Francis Weston was arrested two days later on...
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