`Immediately after qualification Miss Homersham started in practice under the style of Homersham and Co., at St. Clement's House, Clement's Lane. It was no easy period during which to embark on the founding of a firm. The stability which the war had given to all commercial undertakings whether soundly administered or not had come to an end, and with it had ended the rapid transformation of small firms of accountants into large ones which had been comparatively common during the war. Indeed, it sometimes seemed as though the women had qualified in time for the slump. In such circumstances, the enterprise which led to the founding of a small firm by a woman with no special influence to help her beyond her own abilities provided a source of encouragement to her contemporaries and successors. Apart from her own example, Miss Homersham's help to other women in the profession was endless. She was always ready to advise, to suggest possibilities, and to try to find posts. Only those intimately connected with her knew how unsparingly she gave her own energies to all who came to her for assistance. `In other ways Miss Homersham attempted to improve the conditions of women workers, notably by her work in the formation and administration of social centres such as clubs; and she gave her professional services generously to associations and other bodies working for causes in which she was interested, sometimes for very small fees, but more often working as honorary auditor or accountant. `The success of her firm was a marked tribute to one whose professional capacity had so small an admixture of self-interest. Miss Homersham will be remembered by Women Civil Servants as the Auditor of the Federation and later of the N.A.W.C.S. from 1923 to 1934, and not only as Auditor but as one to whom the work and principles of the Association were a cause of sympathy and pride.' E. E. W.
To this appreciative notice I should like to add a postscript, giving something of my personal recollection of Miriam as a student. I need not dwell upon her ability as it is abundantly shown in the notice and in the First Class which she gained in the Schools, but what I should like to emphasize is the force of her personality. This made itself felt at once, in spite of a great deal of reserve, and attracted to her friends whose devotion was lasting. The mental gifts which most impressed me personally were her astounding memory and her brilliant command of words, which had full play in a School like the English, with its constant demand for Essays. It was probably this delight in speech and feeling for words that made her choose for her Special Subject Old Norse with its vigorous vocabulary and lively idiom. Had Miriam turned to literature on leaving E. E. W. College, she would, I am sure, have met with success. The following has been received from a Senior Member: 'Those who knew Miriam Homersham at College will not have forgotten her, and yet her sudden death moves one to write of her, to call to her friends to remember her. 23