Year: 1999
Type: article
Abstract: The First World War provided an opportunity for women chemists because of the large demand for explosives, synthetic dyes, poison gas and pharmaceuticals. The Allied nations have been importing drugs and pharmaceuticals mostly from Germany before the war. With Germany against them, the Allied countries had to produce their own drugs and other fine chems. It was then that a committee of the UK Royal Society was established to organize the prodn. of these chems. A substantial no. of chemists were women which included Martha Whiteley who headed the research group at the Imperial College of Science, London University. However, the end of the war cause the termination of the employment of most of these women chemists.
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1510190263