Jessie Campbell

Jessie (Janet) Campbell (1827–1907) was a Scottish woman who helped create the first higher education college for women in Scotland.

Campbell was born Janet Black on 26 March 1827 in Cross-Arthurlie in Renfrewshire. She approached the University of Glasgow to request that lectures were started for women. Natural history, moral philosophy, English literature and astronomy lectures were among the first. They were so successful that the Glasgow Association for the Higher Education of Women was set up with Campbell as its Vice President. From this, the first college for higher education of women in Scotland was created: Queen Margaret College (Glasgow) which became part of the University of Glasgow in 1892.

Campbell is on the University of Glasgow's World Changing website and was awarded an honorary degree (LLD) by the University of Glasgow in 1901.

Campbell married James Campbell of Tulliechewan in 1846 and had five children. She was the daughter of the owner of a bleaching business. She died on 10th February 1907.

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