Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh was a member of the "Glasgow Girls", an active group of Artists based in Glasgow at the turn of the Century, Margaret Macdonald married Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1900. The Glasgow Girls included Bessie Macnicol, Annie French and Jessie M King, and all went on to greatly influence the Art Nouveau and Illustrative movements. Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh often contributed to her husband's projects.