The Lesser-Known Initial Members

Just as some of the signatories were low-profile individuals, so were some of the initial members. In this section, we will summarise what we know of them. 

Eunice Annie Bucknell,81 the daughter of Daniel Bucknell, a carpenter and joiner of Regent s Park, London, was born on 29 December 1888. She attended NLCS and entered Bedford College in 1907. Bucknell completed a B.Sc. there, and by 1920 she was an Analytical and Research Chemist at the South Metropolitan Gas Company. 

Mary Cunningham82 was born in Stamford Hill, London, in 1882. She completed a B.Sc. in 1907 and an M.Sc. in 1916 from UCL. In addition to becoming one of the first women members of the Chemical Society, she was also a member of the Society for Chemical Industry and of the Society of Dyers and Colourists. She had seven publications during the period 1908-1910 from the Borough Polytechnic Institute, London. Then, in 1918, she was sole author of two publications from the Chemistry Research Laboratories of the University of St. Andrews, from where she received a D.Sc. In 1920, Cunningham was appointed as a Research Chemist with the Fine Cotton Spinners and Doublers Association, Manchester. 

Sibyl Widdows [4] Florence Mary Wood [2] Olive Workman [2] 

Note The numbers in square brackets indicate the chapter in which their biography will be found. 

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