1. Lavinia Malcolm was born Lavinia Laing in Forres, daughter of an ironmonger and councillor, and granddaughter of a former Provost of Forres and became a teacher in Edinburgh.
10 Facts About Lavinia Malcolm
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Lavinia Malcolm appears as a "teacher of drawing" living at 3 Elder Street in Edinburgh's First New Town in 1875.
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Lizzie died in 1878, which then permitted Lavinia to marry him.
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Lavinia Malcolm was the only woman elected to the council and returned unopposed, then later unanimously elected as provost by her fellow councillors in 1913.
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Lavinia Malcolm was a member of both the local School Board and Parish Council.
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Lavinia Malcolm is one of the first women to be elected lead their town council in the UK prior to 1914, after Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Sarah Lees, Gwenllian Morgan.
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Lavinia Malcolm is stated as the 'most famous' Provost on Dollar community website where her picture in full ceremonial robes appears.
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Lavinia Malcolm was one of the first women to be appointed as a Justice of the Peace.
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Lavinia Malcolm campaigned to reduce infant mortality and the underlying causes of poverty and poor sanitation.
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Lavinia Malcolm died in Dollar on 2 November 1920 and is buried in Dollar churchyard, close to her home.