Pioneers

Explore the stories of our historical female pioneers, through a series of essays and podcasts investigating figures such as Madge Easton Anderson and Margaret Howie Strang Hall and their enduring legacy for women in law.

Cloisters

Isabel Sinclair

Isabel was one of our first 100 female graduates and according to our research also the first female academic at the School

View of the Glasgow university tower from the riverbank

Mary Fullarton Fyfe

Mary was one of our first 100 female graduates, graduating in 1929 – and followed by her daughter in 1934

Mary Rachel Grigor

Learn about Mary, the first female law graduate to embark on a PhD at the University of Glasgow

Strang Hall petition

Margaret Howie Strang Hall

Learn about Margaret, who in 1900 submitted a petition to the Court of Session to allow her admission into law

Madge Easton Anderson

Learn about the first female solicitor in the UK and University of Glasgow alumna

Pioneers Podcast

Seonaid Stevenson speaks to Maria Fletcher and Pat Lucie about the first women pioneers in law and their legacy