Helen Evans

[4] In 1854, in Shimla, India, she married cavalry officer Henry John Delacy Evans of the Bengal Horse Artillery Regiment.

[1] In 1869 Evans joined a group of women, led by Sophia Jex-Blake, who became known as the Edinburgh Seven (Mary Anderson, Emily Bovell, Matilda Chaplin, Helen Evans, Sophia Jex-Blake, Edith Pechey and Isabel Thorne) who sought to earn a degree in medicine at the University of Edinburgh.

[6] In November 1871 she married Alexander Russel, editor of The Scotsman newspaper, a strong supporter of Sophia Jex-Blake and the women medical students.

She also took a keen interest in education being "one of the first lady members of St Andrews School Board, a position she held for 15 years".

[7] In July 1876 her husband died suddenly from a heart attack leaving her with three children and was unable to return to study.