Susan Innes (4 May 1948 – 24 February 2005)[1][2] was a British journalist, writer, historian, researcher, teacher, artist and feminist campaigner.[1][2][3]
Sue Innes | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 May 1948  |
| Died | 24 February 2005 (aged 56) |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer, historian, researcher, teacher, artist |
Family life and education
editSusan (Sue) Innes was born 4 May 1948 in Weymouth, Dorset, the daughter of Jean Corbin, housewife, and Alec Innes, a professional gardener.[1] She was raised in North Wales and in Peterhead, the hometown of her father.[1]
She went to Peterhead Academy and to Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen,[2] which she gave up in the late 1960s, travelling to San Francisco to join the hippy movement.[1]
She became an activist in the second-wave feminist movement as she started studying English and philosophy[2] at the University of St. Andrews in 1970.[1] She was editor of the university newspaper Aien.[1][3] In St. Andrews she met Jo Clifford, Scottish playwright and her lifelong partner.[1][3] Sue Innes and Clifford had two daughters[1] in 1980 and 1985.[3]
Career
editAfter her graduation, Sue Innes worked as a journalist to BBC Radio, The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday.[1]
She returned to Academia in 1993 and graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1998 with a PhD in the areas of politics, history and sociology.[1]
She published her book Making It Work: women, change and challenge in the 1990s in 1995.[1][2]
She died on 24 February 2005,[1] as the result of a brain tumour.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Ewan, Elizabeth (ed.). The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9781474436298. OCLC 1057237368.
- ^ a b c d e f "Sue Innes". The Independent. 17 March 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Sue Innes, Writer and feminist campaigner". The Scotsman. Retrieved 8 March 2019.