![Kofinas Fertility on X: "Jean Purdy was the first nurse and clinical embryologist to witness the division of embryonic cells. She worked with Dr. Patrick Steptoe and Dr. Robert Edwards, developing the Kofinas Fertility on X: "Jean Purdy was the first nurse and clinical embryologist to witness the division of embryonic cells. She worked with Dr. Patrick Steptoe and Dr. Robert Edwards, developing the](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FrNV-PdXoAI_7p4.jpg)
Kofinas Fertility on X: "Jean Purdy was the first nurse and clinical embryologist to witness the division of embryonic cells. She worked with Dr. Patrick Steptoe and Dr. Robert Edwards, developing the
![Louise Brown (right), the world's first test tube baby and Grace MacDonald, the mother of the world's first test tube baby boy, lay flowers at the grave of Jean Purdy, the first Louise Brown (right), the world's first test tube baby and Grace MacDonald, the mother of the world's first test tube baby boy, lay flowers at the grave of Jean Purdy, the first](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PA4MX3/louise-brown-right-the-worlds-first-test-tube-baby-and-grace-macdonald-the-mother-of-the-worlds-first-test-tube-baby-boy-lay-flowers-at-the-grave-of-jean-purdy-the-first-embryologist-and-forgotten-ivf-pioneer-to-mark-the-40th-anniversary-of-ivf-at-the-church-of-st-andrew-and-st-mary-in-grantchester-cambridge-PA4MX3.jpg)
Louise Brown (right), the world's first test tube baby and Grace MacDonald, the mother of the world's first test tube baby boy, lay flowers at the grave of Jean Purdy, the first
![Female scientist who was crucial in developing IVF left off blue plaque in favour of male colleagues Female scientist who was crucial in developing IVF left off blue plaque in favour of male colleagues](https://i.inews.co.uk/content/uploads/2019/06/HEALTH-IVF-125983.jpg)
Female scientist who was crucial in developing IVF left off blue plaque in favour of male colleagues
![A memorial service is held around the grave of Jean Purdy, the first embryologist and forgotten IVF pioneer, to mark the 40th anniversary of IVF at the Church of St Andrew and A memorial service is held around the grave of Jean Purdy, the first embryologist and forgotten IVF pioneer, to mark the 40th anniversary of IVF at the Church of St Andrew and](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PA4N3M/a-memorial-service-is-held-around-the-grave-of-jean-purdy-the-first-embryologist-and-forgotten-ivf-pioneer-to-mark-the-40th-anniversary-of-ivf-at-the-church-of-st-andrew-and-st-mary-in-grantchester-cambridge-PA4N3M.jpg)