Mary Margaret Grieve (11 April 1906 – 19 February 1998) was a Scottish magazine editor and journalist. She began her journalistic career working for local newspapers and specialised magazines before being appointed editor of Woman magazine in 1937. Grieve was made its associate editor not long after before returning to the position of editor in 1940, which she held until her early retirement in 1962. She led a group of editors who advised the Home Office on woman's duties during the Second World War. In retirement, Grieve authored two books offering tips for school-leaving girls and co-ran a Pâté making company. Biography Early life Grieve was born at 3 Blackburn Road in Ayr, Ayrshire on 11 April 1906. She was the youngest daughter and the second child of the fundholder Robert Grieve and the nurse Annie Craig, née Stark. Grieve spent most of her childhood bedridden due to illness, and was home-schooled until the age of 16, when she briefly attended a small Glasgow daily school, and then in Edinburgh. At age 17, she spent time in Switzerland, and went to a London secretarial college to learn shorthand and typing. Career Upon her return to Glasgow, Grieve sought independence, and worked on advertising for the Scottish Women's Rural Institutes's publication Scottish Home and County, and briefly edited the monthly magazine Scottish Nurse. She later worked as a freelancer for the next seven years for the women's picture paper The Bulletin, where she provided a new emphasis to women's features, and covered local happenings. Grieve authored the fictional book Without Alphonse: The Diary of a Frenchwomen in Scotland under the pseudonym "Ursula Mary Lyon" in 1935. In 1936, she heard from her younger brother and a friend of his of a vacancy, and was summoned to be interviewed in London. She made the editor of Woman monthly magazine that was first published in July 1937. Grieve became the associate editor of Woman the same year following its owner Odhams Press bringing in the editor of Mother magazine to take over her former position. When the magazine's male editor joined the Royal Air Force in 1940, she once again was appointed editor. During the Second World War, Grieve led a group of editors who advised the Home Office on the role of women in the war. They argued against conscription women into the armed forces and persuaded the Home Office women contributed