About Belle Patrick
Lived 1895 – 1972 (aged 76–77). Belle Patrick was a lawyer and missionary.
Belle Hay Patrick (22 August 1895 – 1972) was one of the first three women to become a lawyer in Scotland. However, despite qualifying in 1925, she never practiced as a lawyer, but rather focused her attention on missionary work in Algiers.
Patrick was born in Anstruther. She gained a scholarship to attend the local Waid Academy from the age of 9, and then a bursary to attend the University of St Andrews.
Missionary work In 1924, before qualifying as a lawyer, Patrick met Lilias Trotter in St Andrews. She remained in Scotland until her qualification as a lawyer was confirmed. The following day, she booked her passage to Algiers where Trotter had become bedridden.
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lawyer in Scotland
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Belle Patrick was born in 1895.
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Belle Patrick died in 1972.
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Belle Patrick was a lawyer and missionary.
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