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Alice Morton
Biography
Information and photos kindly shared with the museum by family members.
Information and photos kindly shared with the museum by family.
Disability: toxic jaundice. Just like the “Canary Girls” who worked with TNT, cordite is also reported to have caused toxic jaundice to workers at HM Factory Gretna. Alice Morton’s granddaughter recalls Alice having yellow skin throughout her life, which even affected the whites of her eyes.
