committed person, you would struggle to meet." Outside Parliament Ewing is a vice president of equal rights charity Parity. On April 2009, BBC Alba broadcast a biographical documentary Madame Ecosse, produced by Madmac Productions. It was rebroadcast on BBC Scotland to mark her 80th birthday. Nicola Sturgeon named Ewing as her Political Hero on BBC News in 2018. Awards and honours In 1990 she was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She was conferred with honorary LLD degrees from the University of Glasgow in 1995 and University of Aberdeen in 2004, She was conferred with Doctor of the University degrees from the Open University in 1993 and University of Stirling in 2012. In 2009, a portrait of her painted by David Donaldson in 1970 was loaned to the Scottish Parliament and put on display. References Further reading External links Mother Scotland (22 February 2007 ) The Scotsman Portrait of Winnie Ewing, by Norman Edgar, at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery 1929 births Living people Alumni of the University of Glasgow Female members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Highland constituencies Members of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2003 MEPs for the United Kingdom 1973–1979 MEPs for Scotland 1979–1984 MEPs for Scotland 1984–1989 MEPs for Scotland 1989–1994 MEPs for Scotland 1994–1999 20th-century women MEPs for Scotland 21st-century women MEPs for Scotland Politicians from Glasgow Politics of Moray Presidents of the Scottish National Party Scottish autobiographers Lawyers from Glasgow Scottish National Party MEPs Scottish National Party MSPs Scottish National Party MPs UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 Female members of the Scottish Parliament Scottish women lawyers 20th-century Scottish lawyers Women autobiographers People educated at Queen's Park Secondary School 20th-century women lawyers