Evelyn Fox
Dame Evelyn Emily Marian Fox, DBE (1874–1955) was a noted British health worker, specializing in mental health and epilepsy.[1] She studied history at Somerville College, Oxford.[2]
Fox, who was General Secretary of the National Association for Mental Health (NAMH – now known as MIND) in the late 1940s, along with (no relation), Medical Director of the Epilepsy Colony at Lingfield, Surrey and , a social science graduate from the London School of Economics, were the driving forces for the creation of the British Epilepsy Association (BEA).
Legacy[]
Dame Evelyn Fox School, Blackburn is named in her honour.[3] The school closed in 2000.[4]
References[]
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography profile
- ^ "24 LSE women in 1918". London School of Economics.
- ^ Dame Evelyn Fox school, dfes.gov.uk; accessed 5 April 2016.
- ^ Dame Evelyn Fox School statistics, lancashire.gov.uk; accessed 5 April 2016.
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- Alumni of Somerville College, Oxford
- English health activists
- Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 1874 births
- 1955 deaths
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