Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Winifred Elsie Brenchley NPG x86482

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Elliott & Fry

Brenchley was one of the first women scientist to be employed at an agricultural institution in the UK and was instrumental in opening up the field to women. After attending Swanley Horticultural College, Brenchley studied botany at University College London. She was awarded the Gilchrist studentship for university women at the Rothamsted Experimental Station in 1906. The station admitted that 'the funds available would not have attracted a suitable man'. In 1907 she became head of the botanical department, where she remained until she retired.... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.