Marjorie Steel

Marjorie Steel a.k.a. "Edith" Steel OBE (19 March 1904 – 28 April 1985) was a British almoner or medical social worker. She was General Secretary of what is now called the Institute of Medical Social Workers from 1946 to 1964.

Life Steel was born in 1904 in Maidenhead. Her parents were Edith Maud (born Dauncey) and Deane Steel. Her father was a clerk in a bank.

In 1944 she was briefly the head of the Hospital Almoners' Association (HAH) which was the professional group for the 600 people who were almoners in hospitals. There were 120 students in training but they were represented by the Institute of Hospital Almoners. This institute and the HAH merged in 1945 and Steel became its first General Secretary.

Steel retired after she became a popular recipient of an OBE. The institute changed its name to the Institute of Medical Social Workers in 1964. Ann Davidson Kelly was the new organisation's first General Secretary.

Steel died in Chertsey in 1985 and she was cremated.