Bessie Maxwell

Along with fellow journalist Isabella 'Marie' Imandt, Maxwell was tasked with travelling the world over the course of one year to report on women's position globally for the Dundee Courier.

The previous year, a group of male reporters had been sent, however, Thomson wanted to read articles from a female perspective.

[2] The women interviewed subjects everywhere from India and Japan, to the United States and Africa, filing copy via letters that they penned on the road.

[4] On the eve of their trip, Thomson said the women were "about to enter upon an enterprise that will stand unique and unparalleled among the greatest achievements in journalism".

Maxwell and Imandt's trip was immortalised in an exhibition at McManus Galleries in their home city of Dundee, Scotland and in a book produced by the Abertay Historical Society.