Frances Helen Prideaux

Frances Helen Prideaux
Black and white half-length portrait of Frances Helen Prideaux, a white woman with dark hair pulled back into a bun at the nape of her neck. Prideaux wears a white collar, just showing, and a dark-coloured shawl or dress with voluminous sleeves.
Portrait photograph of Frances Helen Prideaux taken by Frederick Hollyer and in the collection of Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer
Born1858 (1858)
Died1885 (aged 26–27)
EducationLondon School of Medicine for Women
OccupationPhysician
Employers

Frances Helen Prideaux MB BS (1858 – 29 November 1885)[1][2] was a physician and "one of the most distinguished students" of the London School of Medicine for Women.[3] Her academic and professional success caused changes in the stance of influential people who had been opposed to women in medicine.

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  2. ^ Murray, Janet Horowitz; Stark, Myra (19 December 2016). The Englishwoman's Review of Social and Industrial Questions: 1889. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-315-40140-9.
  3. ^ "Occasional Notes". The Pall Mall Budget: Being a Weekly Collection of Articles Printed in the Pall Mall Gazette from Day to Day, with a Summary of News. 10 December 1885.