Emily L. B. Forster
Emily L. B. Forster | |
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| Born | Emily Lydia Brady Forster 1870 |
| Died | 4 September 1939 |
| Occupation | Chemist |
Emily Lydia Brady Forster (1870 – 4 September 1939) was an English chemist, pharmacist and vegetarian cookbook writer.
Life
Forster was born in 1870 in Chester to Robert Cochrane Forester and Lydia Brougham Vaughan.[1] She trained in pharmacy and in 1917 authored How to Become a Dispenser: A New Profession for Women. She was a lecturer at the Westminster College of Pharmacy in 1920 and was a private assistant to. Prof. Huntington of King's College London.[2] She was an analyst at the Metallurgical Laboratory and a member of the Society of Chemical Industry.[3][4]
Forster campaigned for more females to enter the chemistry profession. In 1920, she commented that "since the war there are so many openings for women in chemical laboratories, where much useful and interesting work can be done".[5] She died in 1939, aged 69.[1]
Vegetarianism
Forster was a vegetarian. She authored Vegetarian Cookery in 1930 which was republished in 1942 as Everybody's Vegetarian Cookery Book.[1] It contains a chapter on wartime food.[6]
Selected publications
- How to Become a Dispenser: A New Profession for Women (1917)[7]
- How to Become a Woman Doctor (1918)[1]
- Analytical Chemistry as a Profession for Women (1920)[8]
- Vegetarian Cookery (1930)[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Rayner-canham, Marelene (2019). Pioneering British Women Chemists: Their Lives And Contributions. World Scientific Publishing Company. p. 122. ISBN 978-1786347701.
- ^ Rayner-canham, Marelene (2008). Chemistry Was Their Life: Pioneering British Women Chemists, 1880-1949. World Scientific Publishing Company. p. 76. ISBN 978-1908978998.
- ^ Murphy, Kate (2023). "'Careers for women': BBC women's radio programmes and the 'professional', 1923–1955". Women’s History Review. 32 (6): 809–827. doi:10.1080/09612025.2022.2138018.
- ^ Forster, Emily L. B. (1917). "Practical Hints on Dispensing". The Trained Nurse and Hospital Review. 58 (2): 91–93.
- ^ "Women Who Have Made Good". Lady's Pictorial. November 13, 1920. p. 618.
- ^ Rae, Ian D. (2018). "Emily's Career Advice". Chemistry in Australia. Archived from the original on December 8, 2023.
- ^ "Dispensing". The Educational Times. May 1, 1918. p. 76.
- ^ "Analytical Chemistry as a Profession for Women". The Ladies' Field. September 11, 1920. p. 22.