Madge Easton Anderson

The national scheme, which has been running since 2012, celebrates noteworthy individuals from Scottish public life, as nominated by the public, by erecting plaques on buildings with strong links to their life or work.

The successful female recipients under this year’s scheme are Madge Easton Anderson, Mary Burton, Cicily Isabel Fairfield, Isobel Wylie Hutchison, Elizabeth Buchanan Mitchell and Dr Margaret Caroline Tait.

Madge Easton Anderson (1896-1982) was the first female solicitor in Scotland. She later became the first woman to qualify to practise law in both England and Scotland and a partner in the first known law firm to be led entirely by women.

The plaque will be installed at the Stair Building, which houses the University of Glasgow’s School of Law.

Maria Fletcher, a senior law lecturer at the university, said: “Madge Easton Anderson is a very important person for us to remember, both here in the University of Glasgow and more widely throughout Scotland.

“We are honoured that we will now have this HES plaque in Madge’s alma mater and hope it will help to inspire our current and future students to be all they can be.”