[5] In 1892, she wrote that "it is becoming recognised by the public and the trade that women can be both business-like and well-trained scientifically, the number of lady-pharmacists will doubtless increase as the field further opens up.

"[6] When Henry Deane's pharmacy at 16 The Pavement, Clapham Common became available, in October 1914, she took the opportunity to establish a business that could also contribute to the position of women in the profession.

[7] Buchanan was one of four directors, all registered women pharmacists, alongside Agnes Borrowman, Sophia Heywood and Margaret MacDiarmid.

The first educational listing to include her name appears in The Chemist and Druggist journal on 16 August 1913 with the text “Miss Buchanan trains ladies in pharmacy.

[11] By 1921, Miss Buchanan was no longer associated with the school and Elsie Hooper and Katherine King was announced as joint proprietors.

[18] An article about Buchanan summed her up as “the woman among British pharmaceutical women, a guide, philosopher, and friend to many of them.”[19] In 2019 she was added to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.