Christian Isobel Johnstone (1781–1857) was a prolific journalist and author in Scotland in the nineteenth century.[1][2] She was a significant early feminist and an advocate of other liberal causes in her era.[3] She wrote anonymously, and under the pseudonym Margaret Dods. She is highlighted as one of the first paid female editors of a journal.[4]
- ^ Dorothy McMillan, "Figuring the Nation: Christian Isobel Johnstone as Novelist and Editor," Études Écossaises, Vol. 9 (2004), pp. 27–41.
- ^ Ralph Jessup, "Margaret Oliphant, Christian Isobel Johnstone," in: A History of Scottish Women's Writing, edited by Douglas Gifford and Dorothy McMillan, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1997; pp. 216–231.
- ^ Alexis Easley, First Person Anonymous: Women Writers and the Victorian Print Media, 1830–1870, London, Ashgate, 2004.
- ^ Easley, Alexis (2005). ""Tait's Edinburgh Magazine" in the 1830s: Dialogues on Gender, Class, and Reform". Victorian Periodicals Review. 38 (3): 263–279. doi:10.1353/vpr.2005.0030. JSTOR 20084070. S2CID 162367361. Retrieved 11 December 2022.