Edinburgh Ladies' Emancipation Society

The Edinburgh Ladies' Emancipation Society was a leading abolitionist group based in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the nineteenth century. Its leading members included abolitionist Eliza Wigham who helped bridge the divide between American and British movements through the many connections she held to prominent abolitionist leaders in the United States. The society survived many of the major rifts occurring within Britain at the time between Garrisonians and anti-Garrisonians factions and lived to be one of the longest-standing abolitionist societies.

Major leaders involved in the organization are considered heroines of their city for their major involvement in abolitionist and feminist movements. In 2015, feminist historians in Edinburgh worked to share the achievements of these women to the world.