Making history: Fanny Deacon, Britain’s first female pharmacist

Women have been making moves in pharmacy since the nineteenth century. Here's the story of the "trailblazing" woman who defied all social conventions of the time to become the first female pharmacist in the early 1870s

Professor Tracey Thornley represents the RPS at the unveiling of Fanny Deacon's green plaque in Fleckney

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