Grace Paterson
Born1843
Glasgow
Died1925
Edinburgh
Known forSchool board member, temperance activist, suffragist, and founder of the Glasgow School of Cookery
Parent(s)Georgina Smith and William Paterson

Grace Chalmers Paterson was a campaigner, suffragist, temperance activist and educationalist.

Early life

Paterson was born in Glasgow to Georgina Smith and William Paterson, a merchant.

Domestic education

She campaigned for the improvement of domestic education for working class girls. She was a friend and supporter of Janet Galloway and Christian Guthrie Wright, founder of the Edinburgh School of Cookery.[1]

She was one of the first women elected to a school board in Glasgow, in 1885.[1] She also founded the Glasgow school of cookery, alongside Margaret Black.[2] She was the "driving force" behind this institution.[3] She was involved in the temperance movement in Scotland.[1]

Women's Suffrage

She was a founder member of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's Suffrage.[4] She joined the WSPU in 1907.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Davidson, Julie (2018). Paterson, Grace Chalmers in The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women. p. 348. ISBN 9781474436281.
  2. ^ "TheGlasgowStory: 1830s to 1914: Personalities". The Glasgow Story. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Records of the Glasgow School of Cookery, teacher training school, Glasgow, Scotland". JISC Archives Hub. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  4. ^ King, Elspeth (1978). Papers on the Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's Suffrage. Glasgow: People's Palace Museum. p. 11.


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