The feminization of Czech pharmacy in the 20th century
Feminizace farmacie na území dnešní České republiky ve 20. století
Farmacie v ČR je v současnosti výrazně feminizovaným oborem. Studie na základě datové analýzy popisuje průběh procesu feminizace od připuštění žen ke studiu farmacie v roce 1900 do roku 2000 ve třech aspektech – počtu absolventek z českých vysokých škol, počtu žen pracujících v lékárnách (v lékárenství) a počtu žen ve vedení lékáren. Mezi promovanými ženy začaly převažovat po 2. světové válce, jako pracovnice v lékárnách v průběhu 50. let a mezi vedoucími lékáren v 80. letech 20. století. Na konci sledovaného období bylo mezi promovanými a pracovníky lékáren přes 80 % žen, ve vedení lékáren přes 70 %.
Klíčová slova:
Česko – feminizace – ženy ve farmacii – absolventi farmacie – pracovníci lékáren – management lékáren – 1900–2000.
Authors:
Ladislav Svatoš
Authors‘ workplace:
České farmaceutické muzeum, středisko FaF uK v Hradci Králové
Published in:
Čes. slov. Farm., 2025; 74, 15-20
Category:
History of Pharmacy
Overview
Contemporary pharmacy in the Czech Republic is substantially feminized profession. This article describes the process of feminization since permission for women to study pharmacy in 1900 till 2000, based on data analysis, in three aspects – number of graduates from Czech universities, number of women working in pharmacies and number of women among pharmacy owners / managers. Women predominate among graduates since after the World War II, as pharmacy workers since 1950s and pharmacy managers since 1980΄s. At the end of the analyzed period of time, women constituted as many as 80 % of graduates and pharmacy workers and 70% of pharmacy managers / owners.
Keywords:
Czechia – feminization – women in pharmacy – pharmacy graduates – pharmacy workforce – pharmacy management – 1900–2000
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