Elsie Wardle
Elsie Wardle (1884 – 1922) was a British pharmacist and President of the National Association of Women Pharmacists.
Life
[edit]She was born in 1884 in Oldham and attended Hulme Grammar School, where she was later active in the Old Girls' Association.[1]
She trained at the University of London School of Pharmacy under Margaret Buchanan, qualifying as a pharmacist in 1905. She then became chief pharmacist at Queen's Hospital in London. Returning to Oldham in 1915, she became pharmacist at the Royal Infirmary.[1] In 1913, she and Buchanan, along with Nora Renouf, were the first women admitted to the annual dinner of the School of Pharmacy.[2] She held several roles in the Women Pharmacists' Association, where she became President in 1921.[3]
Wardle also held several voluntary positions in the fields of local church, education, and Girl Guides.[1]
She died in August 1922.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Elsie Wardle" (PDF). Record of the Old Girls' Association: 8–9. 1923.
- ^ Hudson, Briony; Boylan, Maureen (2013-06-08). The School of Pharmacy, University of London: Medicines, Science and Society, 1842-2012. Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-407690-7.
- ^ "Notes" (PDF). Record of the Old Girls' Association, Oldham: 7. 1922.
- ^ "Wardle". Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Meetings. 55: 165, 205. 1923.