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2015 Celebration
Mary Slessor
Eve Muirhead
Catherine Spence
Rhona Martin
Elsie Inglis
Mary Queen of Scots
Ashley Jensen
Mary Erskine
Deborah Kerr
Jackie Bird
Sally Magnusson
Ellen Elizabeth King
Ailsa MacKay
Dame Isobel Baillie
Lorraine Kelly
Dame Evelyn Glennie
Nicola Benedetti
Mary Barbour
Flora MacDonald
Mary Somerville
Naomi Mitchison
Jennie Lee
Anna Buchan (Writer)
Isabella McDuff
Maggie Dickson
Margo MacDonald
Kelly MacDonald
Winifred Shaw
Marie Dare
Abigail McLellan
Kay Matheson
Sharleen Spiteri
Mary King
Isobella Gordon
Williamina Fleming
Maria Gordon
Dorothée Pullinger
Arlene McConnell
Victoria Drummond
Marion A Ross
Muriel Robertson
Charlotte Auerbach
Anna Buchan (Zoologist)
Helen Robertson Barton
Jane Haining
Maggie Keswick Jencks
Elaine C Smith
Mary Macarthur
Lorna Young
Flora Drummond
Lady Henrietta Smith
Kathryn Findlay
Dolina MacLennan
Mary Brooksbank
Kathleen Jamie
Sarah Drummond
Mairi Campbell
Margaret Hardinge Irwin
Learmonth White Dalrymple
Phoebe Anna Traquair
Dame Anne McLaren
Kitty Gregorson
Chrystal Macmillan
Ethel MacDonald
Val McDermid
Louise MacDonald
Helen Clark MacInnes
Rachel Buchanan
Winifred Maxwell of Nithsdale
Andrea McLean
Vicky Featherstone
Alison Bonfield
Maud MacLellan
Magi Gibson
Janice Kirkpatrick
Thea Musgrave
Agnes Mure Mackenzie
Susan Calman
Muriel Gray
Sarah Siddons Mair
Jenny Geddes
Margaret Morris
Mary Ann Kennedy
Adele Patrick
Morag Malloy
Stella Reekie
Priscilla McLaren
Jean Clyde
Laura Hird
Kim Winser
Norah Neilson Gray
Mary Ure
Heather Reid
Mary Shepherd
Bertha Wilson
Wendy Wood
Jean Redpath
Margaret Wilson
Elizabeth Fulhame
Anne Downie
Clarice Shaw
Florence Dixie
Carol Anne Davis
Agnes Broun
Madeleine of France
Nannie Brown
Sophia Jex-Blake
Dervorguilla of Galloway
Isobel Campbell
Elizabeth Ogilvie
Margaret of Scotland
Rebecca Thorogood Strong
Margaret Fay Shaw
Anne Macaulay
Sarah Achurch Ward
Gail McGrane
Lesley Baillie
Millicent Sutherland
Hannah McGill
Shirley Henderson
Tilda Swinton
Pollyanna McIntosh
Maggie Craig
Hanna Standbridge
Laura Fraser
Savourna Stevenson
Lynne Ramsay
Annabel Logan
Helen Elliott Hamilton
Jocelyn Rae
Karen Paterson
Elena Baltacha
Judy Murray
Aileen Paterson
Kathleen MacInnes
Louise Martin
Cordelia Oliver
Joy Hendry
Ailsa Tanner
Louise Caroline Alberta
Linda Norgrove
Jenny Patrick
Rosalind Mitchison
Alison Fell
Helen Adam
Sarah-Jane Summers
Jane Stocks Greig
Anna Gordon
Maud Sulter
Bridget McConnell
Liz McColgan
Elenor Gordon
Sheena Sharp
Caitlin McClatchey
Eilidh Child
Steph Twell
Shona Robison
Yvonne Murray
Hannada Miley
Libby Clegg
Aileen McGlynn
Alison Walker
James Barry
Lady Grizel Baillie
Helen Fraser
Ellen Dawson
Debi Gliori
Angela Bartie
Joyce W. Cairns
Rachel Newton
Caro Ramsay
Louise Welsh
A L Kennedy
Denise Mina
Nicola Morgan
Philippa Langley
Jenni Fagan
Robyn Marsack
Kerry Hudson
Sara Sheridan
Marjory Kennedy-Fraser
Seona Elizabeth Reid
Sophie Cooke
Janice Forsyth
Christina of Garmoran
Edith Bowman
Mary Docherty
Isobel Wylie Hutchison
Jean Johnstone
Gertrude Herzfeld
Jenni Falconer
Margaret Richardson Sievwright
Gerda Stevenson
Susan Ferrier
Agnes McLaren
Florence Marian McNeill
Isabella Ure Elder
Louise Annand-MacFarquhar
Violet Jacob
Mary Crudelius
Lise Sinclair
Mary Pollock Grant
Dorothy Carleton Smyth
Marion Bernstein
Harriet Siddons
Catriona Isobel Matthew
Ethel Jack
Janice Moodie
Ann Matheson
Carly Booth
Hamira Khan
Janet Hamilton
Jessie Valentine
Mhairi McKay
Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis
Donalda MacKinnon
Carole Barrowman
Jocelyn Hay
Dame Ethel Walker
Mariotta Haliburton
Betty Jessiman
Tessa Ransford
Sally Beamish
Janice Galloway
Catherine Sinclair
Alison Watt
Elizabeth Blackadder
Amanda Hamilton
Elizabeth Grierson Crichton
Frances Helen Melville
Ann Marie di Mambro
Ada F Kay
Mary Burton
Alex Grey
Màiri Mhòr nan Oran
Aminatta Forna
Alison Cockburn
Karen Matheson
Dorothy Donaldson Buchanan
Carol Ann Duffy
Jane Smeal
Holly Fulton
Alison Elliott
Janey Godley
Betsy Miller
Karen Anderson
Jennifer Williams
Anneliese Mackintosh
Kirsty Wark
Anne Donovan
Jen Hadfield
Liz Cameron
Eunice Guthrie Murray
Christian Ramsay, Countess of Dalhousie
Marion Angus
Ena Lamont Stewart
Pat Douthwaite
Janet Paisley
Cecilia Loftus
Kaye Adams
Margaret Myles
Lin Anderson
Rona Munro
Karen Campbell
Kirsty Logan
Margaret Elphinstone
Mairi Hedderwick
Clementina Stirling Graham
Hannah Gordon
Fiona Armstrong
Reay Tannahill
Nancy Whiskey
Ellen Charlotte Higgins
Cherry Drummond Strange
Flora Stevenson
Sarah Broom Macnaughtan
Lady Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton
Sheana Stephen
Violet Jacobs
Alison Peebles
Anna Magnusson
Kathleen Marshall
Jane Macnaughton
Sheila Stewart
Ihsbel MacAskill
Elizabeth Stewart
Alison Kinnaird
Pam Wilkie
Rona Lightfoot
Sheena Wellington
Jeannie Robertson
Rebecca Sharp
Maureen Beattie
Marilyn Imrie
Elspet Gray
Flora Clift Stevenson
Florence Horsburgh
Frances Wright
Helen Alexander
Janet Brown
Louisa Stevenson
Mary Ann Baxter
Andrea Calderwood
Shirley Ann Robertson, OBE
Eileen Mackay
Anne Mackenzie
Eve Johnstone
Patricia Ferguson
Sheila McLean
Pat McIntosh
Mary Lily Walker
Zoe Strachan
Wilhelmia Hay Abbott
Sheina Marshall
Bessie MacNicol
Anee Bannerman
Lady Anne Barnard
Christina Bruce
Elizabeth Inverarity
Flora Garry
Isobel Barnett
Isobel Hogg Kerr
Flora Sadler
Myra Pearson
Karen Birch
Ethel Moorehead
Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh
Janet Little
Mary Findlater
Isabel Pagan
Carol Kirkwood
Louise McIlroy
Anne Redpath
Elizabeth Melville, Lady Culross
Willa Anderson Muir
Sheila Scott Macintyre
Margot Bennett
Margaret of Denmark
Nan MacKinnon
Nancy Riach
Katherine Cameron
Helen Hopekirk Wilson
Ethel Gordon Fenwick
Helen Biggar
Anne Lorrain Smith
Una Cameron
Anne Halkett
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To mark the launch of the Outstanding Women of Scotland Community in 2015, we asked the public to nominate their outstanding women from throughout history. The sheer number and variety of the responses speaks volumes of the vital role woman have played in shapping our culture. You can find out more about the entries by clicking the links on the left.