Programme - Women in Chemistry.
Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group
Burlington House, Piccadillly, London, 13 October 2022
Programme
10.15 Registration and coffee.
10.55 Welcome and Introduction - Peter Morris.
First Session – Chair: John Hudson.
11.00 Anne Barrett, Imperial College, London.
How Archives Can Reveal Hidden Women in Chemistry.
11.35 Presentation of Wheeler Award to Sally Horrocks – Peter Morris.
11.45 Sally Horrocks, University of Leicester
The ‘Two Person Career’ and the British Chemical Community in the Mid-twentieth Century (new title)
12.30 Lunch. This is not provided but there are many cafés and bars close by.
Second Session – Chair: Anna Simmons.
14.00 Patricia Fara, Clare College, Cambridge
Listening to the Canaries: Munitions Workers in World War One.
14.35 Annette Lykknes, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
A Seat at the Table: Women and the Periodic System.
15.10 Tea Interval.
Third Session – Chair: Helen Cooke.
15.45 Marelene Rayner-Canham and Geoff Rayner-Canham, Grenfell
Campus, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada:
“Let us in!” – The Opposition to the Admission of Women to the Professional Societies.
16.20 Prof. Gill Reid, University of Southampton, President RSC
My Journey with Chemistry.
16.55 Closing Remarks - John Hudson.
17.00 Close of meeting.
Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group
Burlington House, Piccadillly, London, 13 October 2022
Programme
10.15 Registration and coffee.
10.55 Welcome and Introduction - Peter Morris.
First Session – Chair: John Hudson.
11.00 Anne Barrett, Imperial College, London.
How Archives Can Reveal Hidden Women in Chemistry.
11.35 Presentation of Wheeler Award to Sally Horrocks – Peter Morris.
11.45 Sally Horrocks, University of Leicester
The ‘Two Person Career’ and the British Chemical Community in the Mid-twentieth Century (new title)
12.30 Lunch. This is not provided but there are many cafés and bars close by.
Second Session – Chair: Anna Simmons.
14.00 Patricia Fara, Clare College, Cambridge
Listening to the Canaries: Munitions Workers in World War One.
14.35 Annette Lykknes, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
A Seat at the Table: Women and the Periodic System.
15.10 Tea Interval.
Third Session – Chair: Helen Cooke.
15.45 Marelene Rayner-Canham and Geoff Rayner-Canham, Grenfell
Campus, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada:
“Let us in!” – The Opposition to the Admission of Women to the Professional Societies.
16.20 Prof. Gill Reid, University of Southampton, President RSC
My Journey with Chemistry.
16.55 Closing Remarks - John Hudson.
17.00 Close of meeting.
