David Livingstone Birthplace

Mini Series - Tunya Investigates! Episode 3 - Gender Inequality




In this episode, Tunya speaks to Kate Simpson about the women in David's life including his wife Mary and his cook Halima.

They talk about some of the difficulties of researching women's history and what Kate is looking forward to about the new museum exhibition.

More podcasts can be found in our Podcast section.


We are very grateful to our key funders the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Historic Environment Scotland and the Scottish Government for their support in helping us deliver the Birthplace Project.

National Lottery Heritage Fund
Scottish Government
Historic Environment Scotland
Note: Please note that David Livingstone Birthplace (and the David Livingstone Trust) is no longer part of National Trust Scotland (NTS). NTS members will therefore no longer receive discounted/free entry to the Birthplace Museum.

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