Daphne Steele
(1929-present)

woman and Matron

Aged 95

Daphne Steele (16 October 1929 – 2004) was a Guyanese nurse, who in 1964 became the first Black Matron in the National Health Service.

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Commemorated on 2 plaques

Daphne Adriana Steele 1927-2004 pioneering nurse: Britain's first NHS Hospital Matron of African heritage trained and qualified at St James Hospital on this site.

St James Hospital, Balham, London, United Kingdom where they worked

Daphne Steele 1927-2004 Guyanese nurse and midwife. Pioneering Black matron in the NHS lived and worked here

Hillside Court, 2 Crossbeck Road, Ilkley, United Kingdom where they lived and worked