Frances Ivens

Frances Ivens
Black and white portrait photograph of Frances Ivens sitted.
Ivens as chief medical officer at Royaumont
Born
Mary Hannah Frances Ivens

1870 (1870)
Little Harborough, England
Died6 February 1944(1944-02-06) (aged 73–74)
Killagorden, St Clement, Cornwall, England
Occupation(s)obstetrician
gynaecologist
Known forWork at Scottish Women's Hospital, Royaumont during First World War

Mary Hannah Frances Ivens CBE FRCOG (1870 – 6 February 1944) was an obstetrician and gynaecologist who was the first woman appointed to a hospital consultant post in Liverpool. During the First World War she was chief medical officer at the Scottish Women's Hospital at Royaumont, northeast of Paris. For her services to the French forces she was awarded a knighthood in France's Legion of Honour and the Croix de Guerre.


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