the Royal Institute of Chemistry in 1918, in 1920 she became the first woman to be formally admitted to the London Chemical Society. From 1931 to 1934 she was on the council of the London Chemical Society and from 1929 to 1935 she was president of the British Federation of University Women, which later named a research fellowship for women after her. From 1941 to 1944 she was on the women's appointments board of the University of Cambridge. Death She died on 2 March 1944 at University College Hospital in London. Her body was cremated. See also Timeline of women in science References External links 1877 births 1944 deaths English biochemists People from Birmingham, West Midlands Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge Women biochemists