89:. She worked on the synthesis of rubber, sheet and crepe rubbers, as imported from the Malay Peninsula and Ceylon, the examination of physical and chemical properties of vulcanised rubber, and of various processes of vulcanisation with a view to their improvement. Her research also covered soil analysis with the object of increasing the yield of latex, examination of distinctive fungi of the rubber plant, cellulose, paper-making, new processes for the production of artificial silk, and examination of possible plant paper-making materials. An article describing her career stated âMiss Borrowman acquired such a facility in the microscopic examination of fibres that she could tell at a glance the proportion or percentage of different fibres in a given paper." She also experimented with paper for detection of forgery. Drawing on her research, she gave a paper on rubber to the London Chemistsâ Assistantsâ Association and became the first woman to read a paper at an International Rubber Exhibition, when she presented on âThe Viscosity of Latex
111:, Sophia J Heywood and Margaret A MacDiarmid, all Pharmaceutical Chemists. As pioneering women pharmacists, they grasped the opportunity to support upcoming women pharmacy students by providing them with practical experience and positive role models in an era when both were in scant supply. One of their apprentices later reminisced âSurely no youngster could have had two more energetic or exacting tutors than the two âMiss Bâsâ â Miss Buchanan and Miss Borrowman â at that time partners in the somewhat decaying business of Deane's of Clapham.â Miss Borrowman wrote to the
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rested away from London. She later reflected how "irksome" it was to stand back when her nerves failed her. In the same year, she converted the business into a limited company with Miss H.F. Wells and herself as directors. Miss Wells had served her apprenticeship with Miss
Borrowman in 1918. The business was described in a 1954 article: âHigh pharmaceutical standards, judicious arrangement and sheer good housekeeping make the pharmacy a pattern to others, and keep it high in the traditions of its illustrious founder.â
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William Lyon at 7 Crichton Place, Leith Walk, Edinburgh, later claiming that the thorough training in practical pharmacy that she received made this the most formative year in her career. She was still not permitted to be seen at the front counter, but concentrated on compounding medicines, in a shop were no proprietaries were stocked. She used her half day holiday each week to study, attending the Edinburgh Central School of Pharmacy, Clyde Street, run by Mr W.B.Cowie. She passed the
125:, 14 had taken prizes and scholarships. Under Borrowman's leadership, the business was staffed entirely by women. Based on her earlier experiences, virtually everything was made on the premises, and her staff wore her own design of distinctive shop dress with sage green cuffs and collar, in an attempt to overcome prejudice against women pharmacists by presenting a professional appearance.
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consciousness would talk of people and things connected with her earlier days in the business for which she had lived and fought for forty years.â An anonymous tribute to her concluded âshe appeared to have an almost indestructible vitality. That she has not lived to any great age is in itself a commentary upon the lavish manner in which she dispersed that vitality.â
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On her father's death in 1913, the need to contribute financially to support her family meant that she moved back to retail pharmacy, as her research role was poorly paid. She spent a year in Slough working for Mr
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England, first to Runcorn where she worked for three years managing a pharmacy for Mr J.H. Weston. While there she presented her first research paper âNote on an Arsenic, Iron and Quinine Mixtureâ to the PSGB's North British Branch in Edinburgh on 17 February 1904. She also wrote to
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Her father secured her a four-year apprenticeship with pharmacist Mr D.F. Johnstone in
Melrose, but as a woman she had to stay out of sight of customers âlest the prestige of the business should suffer.â She found it hard to get a position after completing her apprenticeship, but found her first job
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During World War Two, she carried out fire-watching duties. In
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from its foundation in 1905. She held numerous committee roles: for the South West
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