Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Helen Boyle NPG x42237

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Lafayette

Boyle was the first female president of the Royal Medico-Psychological Association and a pioneer in the preventative treatment of women in the early stages of mental illness. After attending the London School of Medicine for Women from 1890 to 1893, Boyle assisted the Medical Officer at Claybury Hospital, focusing on neurological disorders. As Superintendent at Canning Town Mission Hospital, witnessing patients' distress motivated her to found her own surgery with fellow doctor Mabel Jones: the Lewes Road Dispensary for Women and Children. They became the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.