In search of Madge Easton Anderson
In Search of Madge Easton Anderson Juridical Review (2020)(3/4), pp. 175-187 Madge Easton Anderson and the first generation of women lawyers have only now, with the celebration of the first hundred years of women in the law, attracted the interest they deserve. The determined young Glasgow graduate whose court case was her final stepping stone […]
A Century of Women in the Scottish Legal Profession
A Century of Women in the Scottish Legal Profession Book Chapter by Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe and Maria Fletcher One hundred years have passed since the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 sought to put women in the legal profession ‘in the position of a man.’ This was an undeniable landmark in legal history. Joanne Conaghan has observed […]