Catherine Blair

Catherine Hogg Blair was a Scottish suffragette, magistrate, founder of the Scottish Women's Rural Institute (SWRI), and member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). Blair was a passionate campaigner and spokeswoman for rural women, dedicated to doing "all in her power to further the interests of women." In 1940, Blair's history of the Scottish Women's Rural Institute, the Rural Journey: A History of the S.W.R.I. From Cradle to Majority was published, summarising the achievements and goals of the organisation since its inception in 1917. Blair was also a skilled potter, founding Mak'Merry pottery studio at her home in the town of MacMerry, East Lothian, Scotland.