Catherine Forrester Paton (1 June 1855 – 8 August 1914) was a British philanthropist, temperance campaigner and the founder of women's missionary training in Scotland.
She was brought up in a religious household and she had the ambition to be a missionary but her health was considered poor.
[2] In 1880 she took a leading role in the YWCA and she would host tea on Sundays for the young women.
In 1876 she joined the British Women's Temperance Association and served as the secretary of the newly formed branch in Alloa.
[3] She allowed her home in Glasgow to be used as a training location for women who wanted to be missionaries.