Helen Evans

Helen de Lacey Evans (née Helen Carter; b. 1833/4) was the fifth member of the Edinburgh Seven a group of women who enrolled at the University of Edinburgh in 1869 and who sought to qualify as physicians.[1] She subsequently married the editor of the Scotsman, Alexander Russel. She was also the mother of the suffragist and feminist campaigner Helen Alexander Archdale.[2]

Helen Carter was born in Athy, Ireland in either 1833 or 1834 to the soldier Henry Carter.[1] She died in 1903.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 M.A., Elston. "Edinburgh Seven". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  2. ↑ A Gude Cause Maks a Strong Arm. Edinburgh City Council. p. 4.
  3. ↑ Innes, Sue (2006). The Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-7486-2660-3.