Hilda Lloyd
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Dame Hilda Nora Lloyd, DBE
(1891–1982), née Shufflebotham, was a British
physician and surgeon. She was the first woman to be elected (in 1949) as president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
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Born in Birmingham
, the younger of two daughters, she attended King Edward VI High School, Edgbaston
before entering the Birmingham Medical School, where she went on to earn her BSc and qualified with her MB, BCh in 1916.
and illegal abortions. The "flying squads" she pioneered helped to save the lives mothers and babies who would otherwise have died.
Order of the British Empire
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(1891–1982), née Shufflebotham, was a British
United Kingdom
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physician and surgeon. She was the first woman to be elected (in 1949) as president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is a professional association based in the UK. Its members, including people with and without medical degrees, work in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology, that is, pregnancy, childbirth, and female sexual and reproductive health...
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Born in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, the younger of two daughters, she attended King Edward VI High School, Edgbaston
Edgbaston
Edgbaston is an area in the city of Birmingham in England. It is also a formal district, managed by its own district committee. The constituency includes the smaller Edgbaston ward and the wards of Bartley Green, Harborne and Quinton....
before entering the Birmingham Medical School, where she went on to earn her BSc and qualified with her MB, BCh in 1916.
Personal life
In 1930 she married Arthur Lloyd, a pathologist, who became professor of forensic medicine in Birmingham University two years later; they had no children.Career
After house officer posts in London, she returned to Birmingham as resident in obstetrics and gynaecology, passed her FRCS in 1920. She was particularly concerned with the problems of urban poor women, such as STDsSexually transmitted disease
Sexually transmitted disease , also known as a sexually transmitted infection or venereal disease , is an illness that has a significant probability of transmission between humans by means of human sexual behavior, including vaginal intercourse, oral sex, and anal sex...
and illegal abortions. The "flying squads" she pioneered helped to save the lives mothers and babies who would otherwise have died.