ASHPOfficial is the premier podcast of ASHP and the collective voice of our 50,000 members in health-system pharmacy. Through interviews and discussions with pharmacy thought leaders, ASHPOfficial will explore issues related to public health, medication use, and supporting the professional practice of pharmacists in hospitals, health systems, ambulatory clinics, and other settings. To learn more about ASHP, please visit ashp.org.
Episodes
Monday Jun 06, 2016
Monday Jun 06, 2016
Metta Lou Henderson, B.S. Pharm; M.S., Ph.D; Hon. D.
Professor of Pharmacy Emerita, and Associate Dean (retired) for
Pharmacy Student Affairs
Raabe College of Pharmacy, Ohio Northern University
Research Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science
College of Pharmacy, The University of Arizona
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