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Louisa Stevenson was a member of the Edinburgh Ladies' Educational Association (which later became the [[Edinburgh Association for the University Education of Women]] or EAUEW) and in 1868 she and Flora attended the first course of lectures for women given by Professor [[David Masson]]. This was the time when [[Sophia Jex-Blake]] was starting her [[Edinburgh Seven|campaign]] to open up medical education to women and Stevenson was honorary treasurer of a committee formed to support Jex-Blake and help with her legal costs. Stevenson's work as a leading figure in the EAUEW contributed to the Universities (Scotland) Act 1889 which meant that Scottish universities were open to women students from 1892. This led to fund-raising for a women's hall of residence at [[Edinburgh University]], the Masson Hall, which opened in 1897 with Louisa Stevenson as honorary secretary.
She also contributed to education by co-founding the Edinburgh School of Cookery with Christian Edington Guthrie Wright (1844–1907) and encouraging the establishment of similar schools in other towns. The Edinburgh School was a forerunner of [[Queen Margaret University College]].
Stevenson took a particular interest in the standard of nursing at the [[poorhouse]] in her position as the first female [[poor law]] guardian in the city. She helped manage the Jubilee Nurses Institute (for [[District Nurse]]s) and the Colonial Nursing Organisation (nurses needed in various parts of the [[British Empire]]), and was also President of the Society for the State Registration of Trained Nurses.
==Other interests==
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