Peggy Steedman


Sarah Margaret Steedman, née Wilson, was a Scottish chess master. She was a four-times winner the Scottish Women's Chess Championship.

Biography

From the 1950s to the 1960s, Peggy Steedman was one of Scotland's strongest female chess players. She four times won the Scottish Women's Chess Championships: 1951, 1956, 1959 and 1969.
Peggy Steedman played for Scotland in the Women's Chess Olympiads:
In the 1950s Peggy Steedman joined the British Ladies' Chess Association and was for many years Honorary Secretary and Vice President of this organisation. Also she was a founder member and President of the Lanarkshire Chess League.