[4] Dollan attended school locally until the age of eleven before being forced to leave due to family poverty.

[5] Dollan joined the Independent Labour Party (ILP) aged 18, and then the Women's Social and Political Union.

She served on the Labour Party National Executive from 1922 to 1928 and resumed her seat in the 1930s after a period of illness prevented her from participating in political activities.

[5] Dollan campaigned to be the Labour Party (UK) candidate for Leith in the 1935 United Kingdom general election.

Dollan's key discussion points were the prospect of another war, the Unemployment Bill, and "poverty in the midst of plenty".

Dollan's husband Patrick served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1938 to 1941 however when she attended events with him, Agnes retained her own identity.

[22] Harry McShane wrote in his autobiography: Pat Dollan's wife was very active and, I always thought, better than he was; I'm convinced he killed her activity..[23]Alongside Helen Crawfurd and others, Dollan established both the Women's Peace Crusade in 1916[2] and the Glasgow branch of the Women's International League in 1915, working with Agnes Harben and others.

[26] And in 1922, Dollan and Mary Barbour spoke in Langside, discussing "the Citizenship of women and bearing on world peace, disarmament, and international justice and freedom".

[1] Dollan was awarded an MBE in George VI's Birthday Honours list of 1946 for her war efforts as the centre organiser in Glasgow for the Women's Voluntary Services.