Anna Louise James

Anna Louise James (1886-1977) was the first African-American female pharmacist in Connecticut.[1][2]

In 1908 she became the first African-American female graduate of the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy and the first African-American woman licensed as a pharmacist in Connecticut.[1][2] In 1911 she went to work for her brother-in-law's pharmacy.[2] Her niece, Ann Petry, had been born at the pharmacy in 1908 and lived in it as her childhood home.[3][4]

In 1917, Anna Louise took over the pharmacy (as her brother-in-law was fighting in World War I) and renamed it James Pharmacy.[1] She operated it until 1967.[1]

She died in 1977 and is buried with her brother in Cypress Cemetery.[1]

In 1994 James Pharmacy was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[2]

Further reading

  • What Did it Take?: The Story of Anna Louise James (1886-1977), Whitney McKendree Moore, 2012

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Anna Louise James". Cypresscemeteryosct.org. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Elizabeth J. Normen (27 January 2014). African American Connecticut Explored. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 253–. ISBN 978-0-8195-7400-8.
  3. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  4. ↑ Editors, The. "Ann Petry | American author and journalist". Britannica.com. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
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