Margaret Sinclair has become a household name in the Catholic community in Scotland, and devotion to her has extended across Britain, Europe and North America. During the 1950s, her following in the Netherlands became significant enough to merit the publication of a Margaret Sinclair quarterly magazine. Her spirituality had a unique innocence and people were drawn to her ordinariness: she had regular physical features, was not outstanding in school, enjoyed herself at dances and parties, followed fashion trends, worked as a tradesperson, and had once been engaged to be married. Championed as Edinburgh's ‘factory girl’, the image won her a sizeable, devout following, because many saw her life as being like their own. Margaret is not seen as being remote; people are drawn to her because she experienced their struggles. This may explain why she is more commonly referred to as Margaret Sinclair than by her religious name.