Eliza was now left with her 5 children and the supply of last cargo and she wasn’t ready to take charge but still, she had to move on. Determined she was ready to change both her and her children’s lives and it was time to toughen up her Scottish roots to come out. Back in the 1800s, nobody saw a woman succeeding without a husband. Eliza was different and she knew what was right for her and what she did next was just extraordinary. People started to see her from a different angle.