Mujeres notables en la Facultad de Farmacia de Granada (1850-1950)

Aim: We have looked into the activities of some of the outstanding women who occupied posts of responsibility in higher teaching and research institutions during the first century of the life of this faculty. Material and methods: Our investigations involved an initial search of the archives for the personal records of the first female students to study for a degree in Pharmacy at the University of Granada, which was then complemented by published bibliographical information gleaned from other sources, such as the University’s Historic Archive, the group photographs of each year’s graduates (belonging to the Faculty of Pharmacy’s own historic collection), and the photographic archive housed in the “Profesor Jose Ma Sune Arbussa” Museum of the History of Pharmacy. Result: Provides a review of the female pioneers in research, teaching and the practice of their profession as pharmacists during the first hundred years of the Faculty of Pharmacy in Granada. Conclusion: Our conclusion is that the presence of women in the study of pharmacy was extremely important, and no less so in the light of their outstanding academic records. Nevertheless, their possibilities of attaining offices of responsibility were scarce as a consequence of the social impediments imposed upon them by the times they lived in.