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”.