My mother, Margaret O'Flynn, known professionally as Margaret Foley, who has died aged 94, devoted most of her career to the sexual health of women.
She qualified as a doctor in 1942 during the second world war a rare achievement for a woman and later became a consultant gynaecologist. Her mentor was Sir John Peel, who became the Queen's gynaecologist; their friendship endured for life. In 1949 she married John Foley, whom she had met at a friend's home the year before; they had four children, all delivered by caesarean section by Peel.
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