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Josephine Letitia Denny Fairfield CBE (10 March 1885 – 1 February 1978) was a medical doctor, a lawyer, a war-worker, and the first ever female Chief Medical Officer for London. She received a CBE for her outstanding achievements in medicine following her contributions in World War I, despite initially having been rejected by the ...
- Medical Officer
- 1 February 1978 (aged 92), St Mary Abbots Hospital, London
- Josephine Letitia Denny Fairfield, 10 March 1885, Melbourne, Australia
A story lost among the archives. British Journal of General Practice 2020; 70 (693): 185. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X709121. Dr Letitia Fairfield (1885–1978) was a doctor, lawyer, feminist, a medic in the First World War, and the first ever female Chief Medical Officer for London.
- Emily Louise Bailey
- 2020
Letitia Fairfield (1885-1978) was a pioneering medical doctor, lawyer and women’s rights campaigner, with an interest in parapsychology.
Considering her contributions to the field of public health, her place amongst the very first women called to the Bar in England, and her involvement in some of the most controversial political issues of the century, Letitia Fairfield has received surprisingly little scholarly attention.
Letitia Fairfield in 1917 (© Wellcome Collection) As the Second World War began, the War Office sought her out and she was appointed Senior Woman Medical Officer of the Armed Forces. Between the wars and until she retired in 1948, Letitia returned to her work for the London County Council, pioneering the provision of health care for women ...
Josephine Letitia Denny Fairfield CBE (10 March 1885 – 1 February 1978) was a medical doctor, a lawyer, a war-worker, and the first ever female Chief Medical Officer for London. She received a CBE for her outstanding achievements in medicine following her contributions in World War I, despite initially having been rejected by the War Office.
AB - Dr Letitia Fairfield’s admission to Middle Temple in 1923 is usually a footnote in descriptions of her trailblazing career as a public health official and Catholic controversialist. Yet while she did not practise as a barrister, her legal formation, powers of oratory and fascination with jurisprudence were enduring legacies in a long and ...
