List of first female pharmacists by country

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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

Americas

Country Pharmacist Year became pharmacist Reference Notes
 United States 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]

Asia

Country Pharmacist Year became pharmacist Reference

Europe

Country Pharmacist Year became pharmacist Reference Notes
 Germany Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony Unknown [14]
 Malta Caterina Vitale Unknown [15]
 Netherlands Charlotte Jacobs 1879
Ireland Christina Jesop Wilson 1900 [16] The first female pharmacist to qualify in the south of Ireland.
 United Kingdom Fanny Deacon (née Potter) 1870 [17]

Oceania

Country Pharmacist Year became pharmacist Reference
Australia Caroline Copp 1880 [18][19]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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. |
  2. ↑ "Susan Hayhurst". American Journal of Pharmacy. Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. 83: 32–39. 1911. Retrieved November 29, 2016 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Susan Hayhurst, pioneer female pharmacist, circa 1889". ExplorePAhistory.com. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Royster, Jacqueline Jones (2003). "Ella Nora Phillips Myers Stewart." Profiles of Ohio Women, 1803 –2003. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821415085. p. 97.
  6. ↑ "Ella Stewart." Contemporary Black Biography. Vol. 39. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Accessed via Biography in Context database, 2016-07-02. Available online via Encyclopedia.com.
  7. ↑ "Anna Louise James". Cypresscemeteryosct.org. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  8. ↑ Elizabeth J. Normen (27 January 2014). African American Connecticut Explored. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 253–. ISBN 978-0-8195-7400-8.
  9. ↑ https://hscweb3.hsc.usf.edu/blog/2016/02/26/african-american-history-month-seeing-the-past-in-todays-health-professions/
  10. ↑ "The Spatula - Google Books". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  11. ↑ Henderson, ML; Worthen, DB (2004). "Cora Dow (1868-1915) - pharmacist, entrepreneur, philanthropist". Pharm Hist. 46: 91–105. PMID 15712452.
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  13. ↑ "Country's first female pharmacist to be recognized – The Nassau Guardian". thenassauguardian.com. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  14. ↑ Naumann, Rolf (1953). "Anna, Kurfürstin von Sachsen". Neue Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  15. ↑ "'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.
  16. ↑ "A trip back in time for commemoration". 2012-04-11. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  17. ↑ "Looking back at 175 years of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society". 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  18. ↑ "Women in pharmacy: Key dates in history | AJP". ajp.com.au. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  19. ↑ Chemist and Druggist: The Newsweekly for Pharmacy. Benn Brothers. 1894.
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