Marie Elizabeth Hayes

Because women were excluded from attending the protestant Trinity College Dublin, the Catholic University was her only option in seeking a medical degree.

After finishing her studies, Dr Hayes worked as a locum tenens in the Belfast Infirmary for a few months before beginning her mission in India.

Hayes's missionary call was attributed to the role her father's and mother's religious service played in her life.

Her mother reported that Marie first expressed interest in missionary work in 1887, at 13 years old, and never lost her compulsion for service.

[citation needed] When she was home in Ireland, Marie was a dedicated member of the active laity at All Saints Church in Raheny.

St Stephen's Hospital was rebuilt in its present site in Tis Hazari, Old Delhi beginning in December 1906.

[2] D. Hayes spent 26 months in India working for the Mission before an early death, and her short period of service was described as "impactful".

When word of her death got to her home in Ireland, a memorial service was held at All Saints' Church, Raheny, on January 6, 1908.

[3] Dr Hayes was known for a significant impact on the mission and for paving the way for many women who wished to pursue medical degrees and residencies.

S.S. Allnutt wrote an introduction to At Work : Letters of Marie Elizabeth Hayes when her mother chose to publish it.

[3] After Marie's death, her mother decided to compile and publish all the letters that Hayes had sent home during her work on the Cambridge Mission to Delhi.