Metta Lou Henderson, B.S. Pharm; M.S., Ph.D; Hon. D.

Sara J. White talks with Metta Lou Henderson about her book "American Women Pharmacists: Contributions to the Profession." Interesting stories of successful women from colonial times to the present are shared, including a woman who owned 11 drugstores plus a warehouse in 1915, and how a woman pharmacist who was fired because she became pregnant responded. Metta Lou discusses the history of hospital pharmacy and noted that of the 153 founding members of ASHP in 1942 44% were women primarily Catholic sisters. The impacts of women pharmacists such as Gloria Neimeyer Francke, who was the first Executive Secretary of ASHP, and Sister Mary Gonzales Duffy, who was the first female ASHP President, are discussed along with others.

Date recorded: March 23, 2016