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Things I like: suffragettes, war workers, factory girls, socialites who got stuff done, ladies who ruled countries, and women who changed the world, even if it was just a little bit. Click on photos for sources.

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Anna Louise James (1886-1977), the first black female pharmacist in Connecticut. “For more than 50 years she was the kindly, caring, trustworthy and universally cherished Miss James. From her pharmacy on Pennywise Lane in Old Saybrook she dispensed prescriptions to cure illness and sooth the hearts and minds of generations of Saybrook residents and visitors.”

Anna Louise James (1886-1977), the first black female pharmacist in Connecticut.

“For more than 50 years she was the kindly, caring, trustworthy and universally cherished Miss James. From her pharmacy on Pennywise Lane in Old Saybrook she dispensed prescriptions to cure illness and sooth the hearts and minds of generations of Saybrook residents and visitors.”

Cora Dow (1868-1915) was a pioneering pharmacist who created a chain of successful drugstores.  The second woman to qualify as a pharmacist in the US, Cora transformed her father’s run down shop into a successful chain by implementing cut rate prices, developing quality store brands and maintaining a high level of customer service.   Despite her successful career, Cora was anti-suffrage and claimed that she would have been happier as a housewife.  Yet Cora was such a well known business woman during her lifetime that former president William Howard Taft eulogized her. A detailed article describing Cora’s life and her business practices can be found here.   

Cora Dow (1868-1915) was a pioneering pharmacist who created a chain of successful drugstores.  The second woman to qualify as a pharmacist in the US, Cora transformed her father’s run down shop into a successful chain by implementing cut rate prices, developing quality store brands and maintaining a high level of customer service.  

Despite her successful career, Cora was anti-suffrage and claimed that she would have been happier as a housewife.  Yet Cora was such a well known business woman during her lifetime that former president William Howard Taft eulogized her.

A detailed article describing Cora’s life and her business practices can be found here.