Josephine Gordon Stuart
Scottish legal graduate
About Josephine Gordon Stuart
Lived 1883 – 1955 (aged 71–72).
Josephine Gordon Stuart (November 1883 – 1 October 1955) was a pioneering figure in Scotland's legal history. Alongside Eveline MacLaren, she achieved the distinction of becoming one of Scotland's first two female law graduates by obtaining an LLB from the University of Edinburgh School of Law in 1909.
Biography Stuart was born in Edinburgh, the daughter of Joseph Gordon Stuart and Moncrieffe Leitch Stuart.
Stuart was president of the Woman's Student Union at the University of Edinburgh in 1906, and earned a master of arts degree in 1907. She graduated from law school in a ceremony at McEwan Hall in April 1909, along with Eveline MacLaren. However, neither Stuart nor Maclaren was ever admitted to the practice of law.
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Scottish legal graduate
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Josephine Gordon Stuart was born in 1883.
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Josephine Gordon Stuart died in 1955.
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