Betty Steiner

Betty Wilson Steiner-Conduit (1920 – February 16, 1994) was a Canadian psychiatrist. Steiner was the first head of the Gender Identity Clinic at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry. She is known for her work with transgender and intersex people.
Life and career.
After completing her education in 1958, Steiner was appointed psychiatrist at the Women's College Hospital. She then took an appointment at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry.
In 1985 she edited "Gender Dysphoria", and in 1990, she co-edited "Clinical management of gender identity disorders in children and adults" with Ray Blanchard.
Steiner-Conduit married marketing executive Andrew Conduit in 1988. She and her husband died of carbon monoxide poisoning after leaving a car running in their garage. Steiner-Conduit was declared dead at the scene; Conduit died ten days later.