Alice Vickery
Alice Vickery | |
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Photograph of Vickery given by Rosika Schwimmer to the New York Public Library | |
| Born | |
| Baptised | 13 October 1844 |
| Died | 12 January 1929 (aged 84) Brighton, England |
| Burial place | Brookwood Cemetery, Surrey, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Ladies' Medical College, University of Paris, Obstetrical Society, Royal Pharmaceutical Society |
| Alma mater | London School of Medicine for Women |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | Birth control activism and as the first British woman to qualify as a chemist and pharmacist |
| Movement | Malthusian League, Women's Freedom League |
| Partner | Charles Robert Drysdale |
| Children | Charles Vickery Drysdale (1874) George Vickery Drysdale (1881) |
Alice Vickery (also known as A. Vickery Drysdale and A. Drysdale Vickery, c. 1844 – 12 January 1929) was an English physician, campaigner for women's rights, and the first British woman to qualify as a chemist and pharmacist. She and her life partner, Charles Robert Drysdale, also a physician, actively supported a number of causes, including free love, birth control, and destigmatisation of illegitimacy.