Government Chemist 1956-1962
1957 -
1958 -
1959 -
The Sixties 1960
to 1963
1960
Joan began working in the pesticides division in
1961
Joan became a graduate member of
The Royal Institute of Chemistry in
1962 whilst working
as a government
chemist.
Science teacher
Bolton
Manchester
1963
Teaching 1963
Mental hospitals, science and work
1965
Joan's work as a Government Chemist led to research at
Birmingham University on Trace Methods for Sulphate and Nitrate, for
which she was awarded her M.Sc. in 1966. Just before, and after, her
research, Joan was detained in several old-style
mental hospitals. She was both a
scientist and a mental patient.
Birmingham University
1965 to 1966