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

Fanny Elizabeth Potter (later Deacon) (1837-1930) 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.
For the majority of her career she was based in Fleckney, near Market Harborough, Leicestershire.

This photographic print, taken by Douglas F.P. Winser, 91 Quadrant, Regent Street, London W, is believed to have been taken around 1855-1870.