Fanny Elizabeth Potter – the first woman to qualify for registration with the Pharmaceutical Society, 1869

Framed and glazed portrait painting of Fanny Elizabeth Potter (later Deacon) (1837-1930). Possibly a hand-coloured photographic print.

Frances (Fanny) Elizabeth Potter was the first woman to qualify for registration with the Pharmaceutical Society after the Pharmacy Act of 1868. She appeared on the Society’s register as a Chemist and Druggist in 1870, having qualified on 5th February 1869 by taking the Modified Exam.