Mary Frances Keefe

bmj;381/apr28_9/p914/FAF1faMary Frances Keefe (née Allen) was a “Liverpool girl” who had nursed a burning ambition to be a doctor from an early age. She was educated at Merchant Taylors’ School in Crosby, Liverpool. She struggled initially to gain a place at medical school and briefly tried osteopathy. However, her persistence and determination so impressed the dean of the Liverpool School of Medicine that she was finally accepted in 1947. She threw herself into student life and the activities of the medical students’ society. She thrived, despite the tragedy and trauma of her father’s death in her first year.In 1948, while on vacation, she met her future husband, Raymond, an engineer and former naval officer, but they decided Mary should complete her studies before getting married. Mary and Ray married in 1954. They moved to Ray’s home town of Coventry, where she became a respected local GP and later a senior…
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