> Thematic History

> 1850-1901:
Education for Women
- Victorian Ideals
- Woman Physician
- Ladies College

> 1902-1913:
Education & Vocation
- Learning at ELC
- The Westfield Way

> 1914-1945:
War & Circumstance
- The Great War
- WWII Evacuation
- Learning & Leisure

> 1946-1959:
Peace & Acceptance
- Restoration
- Medicine & Dentistry

> 1960-present:
Change & Opportunity
- Women in Science
- Creativity & Diversity
- Then & Now

At both Queen Mary and Westfield Colleges, Botany remained a popular and thriving subject. Female academics, including Maud Godward at Queen Mary College, continued to advance teaching and research in that subject area.

Queen Mary College botany researcher, c1938, letting down the automatic-closing bucket. Courtesy of Queen Mary, University of London Archives.

Westfield College botany students in the laboratory, c1930. Courtesy of Queen Mary, University of London Archives.

There were also increasing opportunities opening to women students across many subject areas, including the sciences. At QMC's Physics Department, research was carried out under difficult circumstances in a temporary laboratory in basement (below, left), pending the rebuilding of the department.

Researcher in the Physics Department at Queen Mary College, c1938. Courtesy of Queen Mary, University of London Archives.

Queen Mary College Prospectus insert, 1942-1943. Courtesy of Queen Mary, University of London Archives.

The Draper’s Company sponsored scholarships for women and men (above, right). Women were offered scholarships and exhibitions in Science and Arts subjects, but not Engineering.