Millicent Taylor (17 October 1871 – 23 December 1960)[citation needed] FRSC MSc DSc was a chemist who, in 1904, was one of the nineteen women who petitioned to join the Chemical Society[1][2] Taylor graduated from Cheltenham Ladies College in 1888 to 1893, with an external (London) BSc degree and worked for the college until 1919,[3] becoming Head of Chemistry in 1894.
Whilst some women petitioners accepted the more limited status of 'Subscribers' following this petition, Taylor and three others did not do so, and wrote a letter to Chemical News in 1909,[citation needed] indicating it was equal Fellowship or nothing.
Two other petitioners who studied at Bristol were Emily Fortey and Katharine Isabella Williams.
[2] Taylor was involved during World War I in the development of anaesthetic β-eucaine.
[citation needed] After a brief post-war return to Cheltenham College, Taylor became a Demonstrator (1921) and then Lecturer (1923) in Chemistry, at Bristol University[7][8] until retiring in 1937.