An opening for lady chemists

Nicholas O’Donoghue 12/12/2025

It's December 1925, and with female pharmacists struggling to find employment, one AJP correspondent proposed a solution "A correspondent recently drew attention to 'the number of lady chemists out of work'," the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy reported. "He suggested that one avenue which was open to them was the beauty parlour business. "We have since

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