List of first female pharmacists by country
This is a list of the first qualified female pharmacists to practice in each country, where that is known.
Africa
Country | Pharmacist | Year became pharmacist | Reference |
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Americas
Country | Pharmacist | Year became pharmacist | Reference | Notes |
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Elizabeth Gooking Greenleaf | 1727 | [1] | Susan Hayhurst was the first woman to receive a pharmacy degree in the United States, which occurred in 1883.[2][3][4] Ella P. Stewart was one of the first African-American female pharmacists in the United States.[5][6] Anna Louise James was the first African-American female pharmacist in Connecticut.[7][8] In 1899 Julia Pearl Hughes became the first African-American female pharmacist to own and operate her own drug store.[9] Cora Dow was a pharmacist in Cincinnati, Ohio, the leading female pharmacist of her time, with eleven stores under her name when she died.[10][11][12] |
Bahamas | Gertrude Burnside | [13] | ||
Europe
Country | Pharmacist | Year became pharmacist | Reference | Notes |
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Charlotte Schou and Nielsine Schousen | 1896 | ||
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Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony | 16th-century | [15] | Not professionally active, was a hobby pharmacist: Magdalena Neff became the first woman with a degree in pharmacy in 1906.[16] |
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Caterina Vitale | 1590 | [17] | |
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Aaltje Visser | 1868 | Charlotte Jacobs became the first female pharmacist with a degree in 1879. | |
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Christina Jesop Wilson | 1900 | [18] | The first female pharmacist to qualify in the south of Ireland. |
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Märtha Leth | 1897 | [19] | The first female pharmacist with formal qualification; the first with a license was Maria Dauerer. |
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Fanny Deacon (née Potter) | 1870 | [20] | |
Oceania
Country | Pharmacist | Year became pharmacist | Reference |
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Australia | Caroline Copp | 1880 | [21][22] |
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See also
References
- Henderson, Metta Lou; Worthen, Dennis B. (March 8, 2002). American Women Pharmacists: Contributions to the Profession. CRC Press. p. 2. ISBN 9780789010926. Retrieved October 31, 2016.|
- "Susan Hayhurst". American Journal of Pharmacy. Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. 83: 32–39. 1911. Retrieved November 29, 2016 – via Google Books.
- "Susan Hayhurst, pioneer female pharmacist, circa 1889". ExplorePAhistory.com. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
- Henderson, Metta Lou; Worthen, Dennis B. (March 8, 2002). American Women Pharmacists: Contributions to the Profession. CRC Press. p. 10. ISBN 9780789010926. Retrieved November 29, 2016 – via Google Books.
- Royster, Jacqueline Jones (2003). "Ella Nora Phillips Myers Stewart." Profiles of Ohio Women, 1803 –2003. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821415085. p. 97.
- "Ella Stewart." Contemporary Black Biography. Vol. 39. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Accessed via Biography in Context database, 2016-07-02. Available online via Encyclopedia.com.
- "Anna Louise James". Cypresscemeteryosct.org. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- Elizabeth J. Normen (27 January 2014). African American Connecticut Explored. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 253–. ISBN 978-0-8195-7400-8.
- https://hscweb3.hsc.usf.edu/blog/2016/02/26/african-american-history-month-seeing-the-past-in-todays-health-professions/
- "The Spatula - Google Books". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
- Henderson, ML; Worthen, DB (2004). "Cora Dow (1868-1915) - pharmacist, entrepreneur, philanthropist". Pharm Hist. 46: 91–105. PMID 15712452.
- "Country's first female pharmacist to be recognized – The Nassau Guardian". thenassauguardian.com. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- Arenfeldt, Pernille; Golley, Nawar Al-Hassan (2012). Mapping Arab Women's Movements: A Century of Transformations from Within. Oxford University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-977-416-498-9.
- Naumann, Rolf (1953). "Anna, Kurfürstin von Sachsen". Neue Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
- Beisswanger, Gabriele.: Frauen in der Pharmazie : die Geschichte eines Frauenberufes. Deutscher Apotheker Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-7692-2905-3.
- "'Sex In the City' tour: The knights and their ladies of the night". The Malta Independent. 25 March 2007. Archived from the original on 6 December 2016.
- "A trip back in time for commemoration". 2012-04-11. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- Idun 29 januari 1897: Martha Leth. Sveriges första kvinnliga farmaceut
- "Looking back at 175 years of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society". 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- "Women in pharmacy: Key dates in history | AJP". ajp.com.au. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- Chemist and Druggist: The Newsweekly for Pharmacy. Benn Brothers. 1894.
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