Background
She was the daughter of Francis Tring Pearce (16/3/1846 - 19/5/35) and Martha Allen of Lorraine House, Gloucester, England. FT Pearce was a director of Priday, Metford and Company Limited millers of Gloucester and he was the son of Maria Tring (died 19/10/1853) and Thomas Pearce (died 13/1/1895). Thomas Pearce was the son of Joseph Pearce (died 7/7/1847 at Birlingham, Worcestershire, a "yeoman").
Education
She took a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of London for which she studied at Cheltenham Ladies" College. She became a member of the History of Science Society and the Women"s Engineering Society. Prior to her death she had been living in Wimbledon for two years and was a member of the local branch of the Women Citizen"s Association.
She published one book and a number of articles on science with her husband Hugh Pembroke Vowles.
Career
Foreign those of a similar name, see Margaret Pierce (disambiguation) and Margaret Pearse (disambiguation) Margaret Winifred Vowles (née Pearce) (b 4 January 1882, Gloucester – d 4 March 1932, Kingston) was an English author on science. Thomas Pearce owned a Chemist at 134 Westgate Street, Gloucester from 1841-1870. Her maternal grandfather was Henry Allen who was Mayor of Gloucester in 1873.
She was a keen golfer and played for both Gloucestershire and Glamorganshire.
Membership
She became a member of the History of Science Society and the Women"s Engineering Society. Prior to her death she had been living in Wimbledon for two years and was a member of the local branch of the Women Citizen"s Association. She was member of the Pearce family who co-owned Priday, Metford and Company Limited for six generations.