Overview

• Winnie Ewing, a Scottish politician, died at the age of 93.
• She brought the issue of Scottish independence to the national mainstream in the late 1960s.
• Ewing won a parliamentary seat in 1967, defeating a Scottish Labour Party veteran.
• She inspired a generation of young people and women to enter Scottish politics.
• Ewing played a lead role in Scotland's 2014 referendum on independence, which ultimately lost.