Early Life
Born in Blaina, Monmouthshire, she was the eldest daughter of Dr. Isobel Soper, a Plymouth physician, and his wife, Jenny Soper (née Levick), and had two sisters and a brother. Her mother died when she was only nine years old, and she lived with an aunt until her father remarried. She was a gifted girl fond of reading and music and also had a secret ambition to become a doctor.
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