Stewart was the daughter of a Church of Scotland minister whose family was originally from Canada and had settled in Glasgow.
[1] Stewart was, with Joan Ure and Ada F Kay, a founder member of the Scottish Society of Playwrights, having called with Hector MacMillan and John Hall the meeting which decided to establish the Society in September 1973, and the Scottish League of Dramatists.
Men Should Weep was a major theatrical landmark for the representation of Scottish, class and gender issues.
The Heir to Ardmally, 1950's (Pitlochry festival theatre) Walkies Time for a Black Poodle Knocking on the Wall – Edinburgh festival In autumn 1998, theatre professionals were asked to nominate ten English language 20th century plays.
100 plays were selected, among them Ena Lamont Stewart's "Men Should Weep", representing the year 1947.