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Obituary: Evelyn McNicol, doctor who was part of the first all-female expedition to the Himalayas

Died: April 15, 2021. EVELYN McNICOL, who has died aged 94, was a Scottish doctor who became a pioneer of women’s climbing. At a time when very few women climbed mountains, and when the equipment they had was rudimentary, Dr McNicol and two friends formed the first all-female British expedition to the Himalayas in 1955. At just 28, she was the youngest member of the team. Dr McNicol, who was born in Glasgow, had always had a pioneering physical spirit and she retained it until the end of her life. As a girl, she had been a keen hockey player and swimmer and once considered a career in physical education. Later, long after she had given up climbing, she remained active and keen to try new things: she took up dog-sledding in her sixties and scuba-diving in her seventies.

Madge Easton Anderson: Marking 100 years of women in law

She was an unassuming pioneer who paved the way for women to join the legal profession - but her story was almost lost to history. Madge Easton Anderson was the first woman to become a solicitor in the UK after a change in the law allowed females to enter the profession for the first time. However, until recently, very little was known about the University of Glasgow graduate and her determined plight to practise law. This month marks the 100th anniversary of a Court of Session judgment allowing her to become a professional solicitor, with the decision stating that the change in the law “put her in the position of a man”.

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