Blog - Women's History

A warm hearted and positive person who enjoyed taking a direct approach to working with people, and who promoted patient care with great energy

Eileen Skellern was born in 1923 in Stone, Staffordshire, the eldest of three sisters.

Mary Rushton Barkas was the first female doctor employed at Bethlem Royal Hospital, and became one of the first four medical assistants at the Maudsley Hospital