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John Donald Publishers, Edinburgh [Published Date: 1994]. The Origins and History of Queen Margaret College. Hardcover. No other printings listed. Foreword by Philippa Mellon. Contents include: The Context; 1975-1891: The Edinburgh School of Cookery; 1891-1925: Atholl Crescent, The First Phase; 1925-1962: Teh Wingfieed Era; The Development of Queen Margaret College; Certificates; Syllabuses; Patrons; Leaders; Principals of the School / College; References; Index. Black and white illustrations throughout with an 8 page section of color photos. Very good in very good dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. light bumping and scuffing to edges of covers. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has a few small nicks and light creasing along edges. light overall scuffing to jacket as well. Now in an archival-quality Brodart Cover. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. [From back cover] In this entertaining and informative book Tom Begg records the origins and history of Queen Margaret College. In particular, he sets out the background to the establishment in 1875 of the original Edinburgh School of Cookery and gives an appreciation of the importance of the early founders, Christian Guthrie Wright and Louisa Stevenson. Many readers who have no connection with the College will be fascinated by the account which the book provides of the 19th Century struggle to secure decent post-school education for women, and of the leading part played by Edinburgh women in that conflict. A delightful account is given of the ups and downs of the Atholl Crescent College in its heyday and of its contribution to Edinburgh and to Scotland through two world wars. A rich collection of memories and writings of former students and staff illuminates the narrative. Finally, the development of the present College is described. Why and how the college was transformed into a flourishing, modern institution, offering university level education to a varied student population, is not the least interesting subject addressed. This is certainly a book which will be warmly welcomed by anyone with a past or present connection with the college. But at a wider level, it is likely to be seen as an important contribution to the literature on the progress of women and on the history of education.