FOOTBALL managers, singers, entrepreneurs and more – Glasgow has produced a fine collection of men and women who have put the city on the map.

Our quest to find the greatest Glaswegian of all time continues today with the next two contenders for the title.

Who do you think should be number one?

We are revealing the top 50 men and women who have led the way at home and around the world, through politics, the arts, business, science and more. Once all 50 have been revealed, it’s over to you – we will be launching a public vote to find out who you think should be crowned Greatest Glaswegian.

Today, we are turning the spotlight on to an 80s icon who inspired a whole generation of girls and young women; and a wealthy philanthropist who fought to improve the education and health of women.

Two more contenders will be revealed tomorrow, and you can catch up on everyone so far at www.eveningtimes.co.uk

ISABELLA ELDER

Isabella was born in 1827 in Hutchesontown, the daughter of Alexander Ure and Mary Ross.

In 1857, she married John Elder, a pioneering marine engineer whose company, John Elder & Co at the Fairfield Shipyard in Govan, was recognised as one of the world’s leading shipbuilders.

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When he died, Isabella ran the company successfully for nine months, until it was transferred to a partnership led by her brother.

Isabella was wealthy, and after her husband’s death, chose to spend her money on good causes in Govan, and the promotion of education for young women.

In 1884, she bought North Park House near the Botanic Gardens, and gave the building and financial support to the newly founded Queen Margaret College, the first institution in Scotland to offer further education to women. Isabella founded its first medical school and after the college merged with Glasgow University, she worked hard to ensure female students did not receive an inferior education to that given to the men.

In Govan, she established a School of Domestic Economy, where poor girls and women were taught about nutrition and cooking, as well as the importance of cleanliness, ventilation, prevention of the spread of disease and the care of children; and she also provided the area with a library and a cottage hospital. The hospital consisted of 30 beds in two wards (named Florence Nightingale and Sophia Jex-Blake) and Isabella funded the running of it until her death in 1905.

In 1901 the Duchess of Montrose founded the Cottage Nurses Training Home to bring the village system of nursing, which had proved so successful in England, to Govan. Isabella provided this project with its first home and women were trained to become district nurses and certified midwives for all areas of Scotland.

She donated 37 acres of land opposite Fairfield’s shipyard for a public park (named Elder Park) which opened in 1885.

In 1901 Isabella was the first woman to be awarded an honorary LLD by Glasgow University, and in 1906, the year after her death, a statue of her dressed in her academic robes was unveiled in Elder Park.

Fittingly, when Isabella died, it was Dr Marion Gilchrist, the first woman to graduate in medicine from Glasgow University in 1894, who signed her death certificate.

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CLARE GROGAN

Eighties icon Clare Grogan inspired a whole generation of young people when she appeared in hit movie Gregory’s Girl, just as her pop career with band Altered Images, was taking off too.

It wasn’t just because she made dreams coming true look easy – left school, became a pop star, made a hit movie - it was because she showed ordinary girls and boys that it was possible to follow your dreams and make it big.

Clare grew up in Glasgow, where her mum was a hairdresser and her dad worked at the fishmarket and took her to see Celtic play at the weekends. Since Bill Forsyth spotted her working in Glasgow’s Spaghetti Factory and cast her in Gregory’s Girl, Clare has appeared in numerous films and TV shows including Comfort and Joy, Red Dwarf, Eastenders, Skins and The Wee Man, playing Martin Compston’s character’s mum.

With new-wave pop band Altered Images, she secured six top 40 hit singles and three top 30 albums between 1981 and 1983.

Clare has also spoken out about her experiences of pregnancy, miscarriage and adoption.

She continues to act and tour with the band – now an all-female line-up - and she has since added another string to her bow as a children’s author (her series, The Adventures Of Tallulah Gosh, charts the adventures of a young girl who dreams of becoming a pop star).

In a newspaper interview, Clare once said: “As a teenager growing up in Glasgow, I was surrounded by people just like me forming bands and dreaming of being on Top of the Pops. That was a long time ago but the need to work hard and keep a sense of humour – the Glaswegian way – never left me. I love being a Glaswegian.”