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Christine Murrell
1874 Oct, 18

Christine Murrell

Christine Murrell, English medical doctor, first female member of the British Medical Association's Central Council (d. 1933)
Christine Mary Murrell (18 October 1874 – 18 October 1933) was an English medical doctor. In 1924, she became the first woman elected to the British Medical Association's Central Council. However, due to her untimely death, she never took seat leaving the first membership to Hilda Lloyd in 1933.

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