In 1724, a Young Woman was Hanged for Concealing her Pregnancy

<p>On a bustling street in Edinburgh, Scotland, is a cozy pub named Maggie Dickson&rsquo;s, where patrons can enjoy traditional Scottish delicacies while listening to live music.</p> <p>Most people don&rsquo;t know, however, that the pub&rsquo;s name pays homage to a real woman who was the subject of one of Scotland&rsquo;s most notorious crime stories.</p> <h2><strong>Women in the 1700s were expected to be submissive, quiet, and chaste. Maggie was none of these things.</strong></h2> <p>Margaret &ldquo;Maggie&rdquo; Dickson was born in Musselburgh, Scotland, in the early 1700s. In a time when women were expected to marry young, submit to their husbands, and pop out babies, Maggie could think of no worse fate.</p> <p>After all, she saw how miserable her own parents&rsquo; marriage was. Her father was an abusive, alcoholic philanderer, and&nbsp;her mother had resigned herself to playing the role of the long-suffering wife.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/history-of-women/in-1724-a-young-woman-was-hanged-for-concealing-her-pregnancy-a0f9a19cde71"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>