Anna Louise James (1886-1977), the first black female pharmacist in Connecticut. “For more than 50 years she was the kindly, caring, trustworthy and universally cherished Miss James. From her pharmacy on Pennywise Lane in Old Saybrook she dispensed...

Anna Louise James (1886-1977), the first black female pharmacist in Connecticut.

“For more than 50 years she was the kindly, caring, trustworthy and universally cherished Miss James. From her pharmacy on Pennywise Lane in Old Saybrook she dispensed prescriptions to cure illness and sooth the hearts and minds of generations of Saybrook residents and visitors.”