Marjory Florence Foyle was the third child of a Methodist minister and a trained mathematician. She studied medicine at the Royal Free Hospital in London, being evacuated to St Andrew's during the war. She completed her final medical exams in London on VE Day. After training at the Royal Free Hospital and Arlesey Hospital in Bedfordshire, she went to India in 1949. There she worked for 15 years as an obstetrician and gynecologist in hospitals in Lucknow (India) and Tansen (Nepal), where she helped women who could not seek male doctors due to cultural barriers. In Lucknow, she was appointed as the clinical director of the hospital. In addition, she was aware of the great need for psychiatric care in developing countries[1].