Mary Walker (1846 – 20 November 1938) was a Scottish teacher who was the founding head of the first Scottish teacher training college (St George's Training College) and the head of the first Scottish day school, St. George's High School for Girls to teach girls to pass university entrance exams.
The first meeting had taken place seven years before involving Mary Crudelius, Madeline Daniell and Sarah Mair.
[2] Their aim was to get women into Edinburgh University and Walker became the "chief intellect and administrator".
[1] In 1876, the ELEA decided to improve the pre-university stage of women's education and advertised classes in St. George's Hall to help women pass university entrance level qualification.
[1] The first fifty students started in October 1988 using a building in Melville Street.