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25 Feb 2015
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Dr. Josephine Letitia Denny Fairfield1885 - 1978
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Biography of Josephine Letitia Denny "Lettie" Fairfield (1885-1978).

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Fairfield, Josephine Letitia Denny, "Lettie" (1885-1978), the eldest of the three Fairfield daughters - nearly eight years Rebecca's senior. Like Rebecca, Lettie was a member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and the Fabian Society. She was a Catholic convert. Lettie received her M.D. degree from Edinburgh University and School of Medicine for Women in 1911. While serving as house surgeon at the Jewish Hospital in Manchester (1908-1909) and as resident officer at Children's Hospital, Nottingham (1909-1910), she lived away from the family. After the family returned to London, she joined the London County Council as an assistant medical officer in 1912, rising to senior medical officer in 1930. As a lieutenant colonel in the Royal Air Force during World War I, she supervised the corps of women doctors in the WRAFS. After the war, she became one of the first women to be called to the bar. In 1920, she was the educational commissioner for the National Council for Combatting Venereal Diseases (NCCVD), touring the West Indies under the auspices of the Colonial Office. She was the author of a study on epilepsy, did research on genealogy and witchcraft, and like Rebecca, delighted in reading crime fiction.

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Extract in Selected Letters of Rebecca West by Rebecca West.

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