Published by Bloomsbury, Celebrating Women in Legal History: Making and Shaping a Discipline champions the work of women in legal history and their contributions to both the discipline and feminist activism over nearly two centuries.

Professors Maria Fletcher and Charlie Peevers of the University of Glasgow and Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe of Glasgow Caledonian University co-authored a chapter on Madge Easton Anderson, the first woman in Scotland and the UK to become a professional lawyer.

“Madge Easton Anderson was a history maker, but this was only possible through the work of her foremothers and collaboration with the women around her,” Ms Stevenson-McCabe said.

“In our piece, we set Anderson’s life in this wider context. This is a really exciting collection, and I am very grateful to have contributed to it with Maria and Charlie.”

Professor Peevers also contributed a chapter on Chrystal Macmillan and suffragist legal historical practice.

A chapter authored by Lisa Cowan, a PhD candidate at Edinburgh Law School, considers the life and legacy of Professor Olivia Robinson, one of the first women appointed as a law professor at the University of Glasgow.

The collection was edited by Dr Emily Ireland, Dr Lorren Eldridge and Professor Caroline Derry, who work collectively as Selden’s Sister.