Margaret McArthur was one of the first hundred women to graduate in Law from the University of Glasgow. Born on 5th October 1908 she was one of the Faculty’s most promising students. Her curriculum was designed to integrate the study of Economics and History in the Arts Faculty with a full range of classes in Law. On the way to graduating from both Faculties in 1933 (First Class Hons M.A. and LL.B.) she won the Lanfine Bursary in Political Economy and the Herkless Prize for the most distinguished woman graduate in Arts. She married a barrister, Ian Campbell, and the couple went to live in London. What happened to this clever woman’s career is not yet known. She died in Kircaldy, aged 56, on 27th March 1965, of cancer. Her husband predeceased her.
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University of Glasgow Registry & General Council Records
Scotlands People
