My grandmother Cathy Peat was an indomitable woman, writes Lynne Haultain. Graduating in medicine in the mid-1920s in Aberdeen, Scotland, she found herself within a few years on a mission to deepest darkest Africa – literally. The resonance is almost comic. Dr Peat’s first posting as a medical missionary was to Livingstonia – named after […]
My grandmother Cathy Peat was an indomitable woman, writes Lynne Haultain. Graduating in medicine in the mid-1920s in Aberdeen, Scotland, she found herself within a few years on a mission to deepest darkest Africa – literally. The resonance is almost comic. Dr Peat’s first posting as a medical missionary was to Livingstonia – named after […]