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Possible source to use: “Ladies in the Laboratory?: American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900: a Survey of Their Contributions to Research.” Ladies in the Laboratory?: American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900: a Survey of Their Contributions to Research, by Mary R. S. Creese and Thomas M. Creese, Scarecrow, 1998, pp. 267–268. Lindove (talk) 23:36, 3 February 2018 (UTC)Lindove Points to add: -mention that she attended the London School of Pharmacy because they placed this portion in the 'Professional career' portion -first woman to research pharmacy in England -she was a librarian and residence supervisor at Queen's college before she began her professional career -at the end of her attendance at the School of Pharmacy, she passed her Major Examination in 1888 -might help the readers to understand if it is included that right after she finished her education at the School of Pharmacy, she quickly became the research assistant of Wyndham Dunstan, who was a chemistry professor of the Pharmaceutical Society -first woman to co-author a paper published regarding research in the pharmaceutical field -describe further the analytical method she proposed (gravimetric method vs volumetric method) (for first paper) -she was strongly criticized at first for these methods, but became the official method in the British Pharmacopeia from 1898 to 1963 -also ran a small clinic at the London School of Medicine for Women, while she was a lecturer as well Lindove (talk) 23:36, 3 February 2018 (UTC)Lindove[reply]