| Sue Innes | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 May 1948  |
| Died | 24 February 2005 (aged 56) |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer, historian, researcher, teacher, artist |
Susan Innes (4 May 1948 – 24 February 2005) was a British journalist, writer, historian, researcher, teacher, artist and feminist campaigner.
Early life and education
Susan (Sue) Innes was born 4 May 1948 in Weymouth, Dorset, the daughter of Jean Corbin, housewife, and Alec Innes, a professional gardener. She was raised in North Wales and in Peterhead, the hometown of her father.
She went to Peterhead Academy and to Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen, which she gave up in the late 1960s, travelling to San Francisco to join the hippy movement.
She became an activist in the second-wave feminist movement as she started studying English and philosophy at the University of St. Andrews in 1970. She was editor of the university newspaper, Aien.
Career
After her graduation, Sue Innes worked as a journalist for BBC Radio, The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday.
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.
She published a book, Making It Work: women, change and challenge in the 1990s, in 1995.
Personal life and death
At St. Andrews, Innes met Jo Clifford, a Scottish playwright and her lifelong partner. Innes and Clifford had two daughters in 1980 and 1985.
She died on 24 February 2005, aged 56, as a result of a brain tumour.
References
- ^ Ewan, Elizabeth (ed.). The new biographical dictionary of Scottish women. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9781474436298. OCLC 1057237368.
- ^ "Sue Innes". The Independent. 17 March 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^ "Sue Innes, Writer and feminist campaigner". The Scotsman. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- 1948 births
- 2005 deaths
- British women activists
- 20th-century British journalists
- 20th-century British women writers
- British women journalists
- British women's rights activists
- People educated at Peterhead Academy
- Alumni of the University of St Andrews
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- 20th-century British historians
- 20th-century British educators
- 20th-century British women educators
- Alumni of Gray's School of Art
- Deaths from brain cancer in Scotland
- Neurological disease deaths in Scotland