Elspeth King, curator
Elspeth King (1949-2025) graduated with a MA in Mediaeval History in 1971. Working at museums in Glasgow, Dunfermline, and Stirling, King was central to redefining the preservation of public heritage and social history…
Category: Beyond the University
Alex Walmsley, charity trustee and defence consultant
Alex Walmsley graduated with a MA Honours degree in Modern History with International Relations in 1993, and then stayed to complete a PhD in Modern History in 1998. She has enjoyed a long career in the defence sector…
Elizabeth Hewat, missionary and scholar
Elizabeth Glendinning Kirkwood Hewat (1895-1968) was employed as Assistant Lecturer in History in 1919-20. She went on to be a noted missionary and scholar, and a campaigner for women’s ordination in the Church of…
The Challenges of Job-Hunting: Edith MacQueen in the 1930s
The career trajectory of Edith MacQueen – the first woman to obtain a PhD in History at the University of St. Andrews – poses a certain paradox: a woman of high academic standing, she possessed the right credentials…
Authors and Broadcasters in the early 20th century: Annie M’Killiam and Rhoda Power
For those of the first women History graduates who hoped to use their historical learning in a career of some sort, there were relatively few options in the early twentieth century. There were very few jobs for women…
Women Students’ Alumni Associations
One of the most fascinating findings from analysing the University Calendars of the 20th century was discovering the prevalence of women’s associations that existed for alumni of the University of St Andrews. In the…
Doris Ketelbey, visiting professor in the Gold Coast, 1950
One of the most fascinating periods of Doris Ketelbey’s life is the six months she spent working in the British occupied Gold Coast from 1950-1951. Ever a historian at heart, Ketelbey saved a large collection of…