Dr Helen Boyle
(1869-1957)

Died aged c. 88

Alice Helen Anne Boyle (1869 – November 1957) was an Irish-British physician and psychologist. She was Brighton's first female general practitioner, and the first female president of the Royal Medico-Psychological Association (now the Royal College of Psychiatrists). Boyle had a passion for helping women with mental illness in poverty and used this to begin an era of proper treatment for mental disorders.

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Dr Helen Boyle (1869-1957) Pioneering doctor & psychiatrist. She led the work for 50 years here at the former Lady Chicester Hospital. First woman president of the Royal Medico-Phychological Association.

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