Barnes, Josephine (1912–1999)
Barnes, Josephine (1912–1999)
English obstetrician and gynecologist. Name variations: Dame Josephine Barnes; Josephine Warren. Born Alice Josephine Mary Taylor Barnes, Aug 18, 1912, in Shorlingham, Norfolk, England; died Dec 28, 1999; dau. of a Methodist minister and a pianist; Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, BA with honors in physiology, 1934, MA, BM, BCh, 1937; University College Hospital Medical School, MD, 1941; m. Sir Brian Warren (lieutenant in Royal Army Medical Corps), 1942; children: 3.
During WWII, delivered babies during bombing in London; held various positions at University College Hospital, including deputy academic head of the Obstetric Unit (1947–52); headed steering committee for 2 government maternity surveys (1948–70); held positions at Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford (1939–45), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital (1945–77), and Marie Curie Hospital (surgeon 1947–67), among others; was the 1st woman to be appointed consultant gynecologist at Charing Cross Hospital (1954); served as 1st woman president of British Medical Association (1979–80); writings include Gynaecological Histology (1948) and Essentials of Family Planning (1976). Made DBE (1974).