Edith Hacon
Edith Hacon (1875 – 25 August 1952), also known as Rhyllis Llewellyn Hacon, later Mrs "Amaryllis" Robichaud, was an international socialite, an artists' model and a leading Scottish suffragist. She was vice-president of the Dornoch branch of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies and president of the Women's Liberal Association. During the First World War she volunteered with the Scottish Women's Hospitals in France for three years and was awarded a silver Medaille des Epidemics, the British War Medal and Victory Medal. She would later take a key role in the development of Girl Guiding as an early leader in Dornoch in the 1930s.
Edith Hacon | |
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"Mrs Amaryllis Robichaud" – detail of an 1896 painting by Charles Conder | |
| Born | Edith Catherine Mary Dolores Broadbent 1875 |
| Died | 25 August 1952 |
| Other names | Ryllis Llewellyn Hacon ; Edith Catherine Robichaud; and earlier in her life Muriel Broadbent |
| Organization | National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies |
| Known for | Suffragist, World War One nursing service volunteer, socialite |
| Spouse | William Llewellyn Hacon |
| Awards | Silver Medaille des Epidemics (France); British War Medal; British Victory Medal |
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