Hello, all: I have just seen a TV programme which is relevant here - 'Victorian Pharmacy' with Ruth Goodman (pt 3). Afraid I cannot get it online....but part of this was about women apothecaries. Ruth pointed out that when licencing and examinations were brought in by a new law in Britain in 1868, women were not specifically excluded from these professions. And they proceeded to take advantage of this. I did a search for both and found in 1901 in Ireland, 8 women apothecaries and 38 chemists! How about that. - Alison.

Hi Alison, That's brilliant, can you let me know please where you searched? Thanks. I wasn't sure if it was an error on the census information Regards Marion Sydney Sent from Marion's IPad On 06/05/2012, at 5:35 PM, "alison moyra - BT Total Broadband email account"<alison.moyra@btinternet.com> wrote: > Hello, all: > I have just seen a TV programme which is relevant here - 'Victorian Pharmacy' with Ruth Goodman (pt 3). Afraid I cannot get it online....but part of this was about women apothecaries. > Ruth pointed out that when licencing and examinations were brought in by a new law in Britain in 1868, women were not specifically excluded from these professions. > > And they proceeded to take advantage of this. I did a search for both and found in 1901 in Ireland, 8 women apothecaries and 38 chemists! > How about that. - Alison. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-DUBLIN-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message