The Extraordinary Life of Maggie Dickson: From Tragedy to Triumph in Scotland’s Haunting Tale

A woman of the 18th century, Margaret “Maggie” Dickson was born in Musselburgh, Scotland, in the early 1700s. At a time when women were expected to marry young, submit to their husbands, and bear children, Maggie Dickson could think of no worse fate for a woman. As a child, she had seen how miserable her own parents’ marriage had been. Her father was an abusive, alcoholic philanderer, and her mother had resigned herself to playing the long-suffering role of her husband’s mistress. There was a time in the past when life in a coastal Scottish town was challenging and hard. The men were hardened by the weather and the grueling physical labor of fishing. The women were equally tough and resourceful, struggling to keep their children alive in spite of their meager incomes. <a href="https://medium.com/@MysteryChase/the-extraordinary-life-of-maggie-dickson-from-tragedy-to-triumph-in-scotlands-haunting-tale-a9bfd1eb42a4">Click Here</a>