Lavinia Malcolm

Lavinia Malcolm
Photograph of Lavinian Malcolm wearing the Provost chain of office
Lord Provost of Dollar in 1913
Born
Lavinia Laing

ca. 1847 (1847)
Forres, Scotland
Died2 November 1920(1920-11-02) (aged 72–73)
Dollar, Scotland
NationalityScottish
Known forfirst woman councillor in Scotland
first woman Lord Provost in Scotland
suffragist
Plaque to Lavinia Malcolm, Burnside, Dollar
Lavinia Malcolm's home - Burnside House in Dollar
Lavinia Malcolm's grave in Dollar churchyard

Lavinia Malcolm nee Lavinia Laing (c. 1847 – 2 November 1920)[1] was a Scottish suffragist and local Liberal politician, the first Scottish woman to be elected to a local council (1907)[2] and one of the first women 'mayors' in the UK, as the first female Provost in Scotland in 1913: in the burgh of Dollar, Clackmannanshire.

  1. ^ "First female provost remembered". BBC News/Scotland. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  2. ^ Bennett, Susan; Byatt, Mary; Main, Jenny (2012). Women of Moray (1st ed.). Edinburgh: Luath Press Limited. pp. 111–112. ISBN 9781908373168.