Frances Helen Prideaux MB BS (1858 – 29 November 1885)[1][2] was a physician and "one of the most distinguished students" of the London School of Medicine for Women.

[4][5] In 1877, Prideaux was signatory to a letter addressed to the Chancellor and Senate of the University of London expressing thanks for steps taken and urging more to be done to grant medical degrees to women.

[1] Prideaux obtained both BS and MB degrees with honours from the London School of Medicine for Women in 1884.

When Prideaux was selected for the job in November 1885, she became the first woman to be appointed to a London hospital who had been chosen over male applicants.

"[7] Sophia Jex-Blake wrote of Prideaux's achievements alongside those of Mary Scharlieb, who gained a gold medal in obstetrics in 1882, and quoted Gull's speech at the memorial scholarship meeting.