Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
English physician, doctor and feminist (1836–1917) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (9 June 1836 – 17 December 1917) was an English physician and suffragist. She is known for being the first woman to qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon[1] and as a co-founder and dean of the London School of Medicine for Women, which was the first medical school in Britain to train women as doctors.[2] She was the first female dean of a British medical school, the first woman in Britain to be elected to a school board and, as mayor of Aldeburgh, the first female mayor in Britain.
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Born | Elizabeth Garrett (1836-06-09)9 June 1836 Whitechapel, Commercial Road, London, England |
Died | 17 December 1917(1917-12-17) (aged 81) Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England |
Education | Studied privately with physicians in London hospitals Society of Apothecaries |
Known for | First woman to gain a medical qualification in Britain Creating a medical school for women |
Relatives | Louisa Garrett Anderson (daughter) Alan Garrett Anderson (son) Newson Garrett (father) Agnes Garrett (sister) Millicent Garrett Fawcett (sister) |
Medical career | |
Profession | Physician |
Institutions | New Hospital for Women London School of Medicine for Women |
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