Marianne Woods
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Marianne Woods
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Marianne Woods was an English woman who opened a girls' school in Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh in the autumn on 1809 and who became involved in a court case as a result of being accused of lesbianism with the co-founder of the school, Jane Pirie (1779–1833). Her accuser was Jane Cumming, a pupil of mixed race, and a granddaughter of Lady Helen Cumming Gordon, who alleged that the two women "engaged in irregular sexual practices" and "lewd and indecent behaviour." Jane Cumming was the first pupi
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School founder (b. 1779, d. 1833)
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2023-07-07T00:35:36Z
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