91TV

91TV declared that women were eligible for election to the Fellowship in 1922 but, as Keith Moore notes, a fallow period persisted for another two decades.

Women undoubtedly read and worked in the Royal Society library long before they became eligible for election to the Fellowship in 1945, as Louisiane Ferlier explains.

To mark International Women’s Day, Dr Stella Butler celebrates the achievements of the first women scientists elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society – and some of those who just missed out.

Jon Bushell explains how a project to re-photograph more than 5,800 Royal Society Election Certificates has resulted in a much-improved digital resource.