Jill Evans was born in London on 20 November 1929, the daughter of Donald Evans, an insurance officer and antiquarian bookseller, and Margaret, née Thompson. She was educated in Devon, and later at Brentwood High School, from where she obtained a scholarship to Girton College Cambridge. She later undertook further medical training at St Bartholomew's Hospital. After early house appointments in general surgery, she took the FRCS in 1962 and later held registrar posts in obstetrics and gynaecology in Sheffield. Finally she was appointed consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist to the Royal Oldham Hospital. She was a keen hill-walker, having climbed all the Munros in her youth, and went trekking in the Himalayas on several occasions. She also enjoyed sailing and music. She did not marry, and died on 11 May 1995 aged 65, survived by her sister, Mrs M Phillips.