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Biography

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Garrett was the daughter of Newson Garrett, of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, where she was born in 1836, and the sister of Millicent Fawcett. Elizabeth was educated at home and at a private school. In 1860 she resolved to study medicine, an almost unheard-of thing for a woman at that time, and regarded by some as almost indecent. Having obtained some more or less irregular instruction at the Middlesex Hospital, London, she was refused admission as a full student both there and at many other medical schools to which she applied. Finally she studied anatomy privately at the London Hospital, and with some of the professors at the University of St Andrews, and at the Edinburgh Extra-Mural school. She had no less difficulty in gaining a qualifying diploma to practise medicine. London University, the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, and many other examining bodies refused to admit her to their examinations; but in the end the Society of Apothecaries allowed her to enter for the Licence of Apothecaries' Hall, which she obtained in 1865. Image File history File links Eganderson. ... Map sources for Aldeburgh at grid reference TM4656 Aldeburgh is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England; it is located on the Alde river at 52° North, 1° East 1. ... Suffolk (pronounced ) is a large historic and modern non-metropolitan county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ... October 2, Charles Darwin returns from his voyage around the world. ... Millicent Fawcett Dame Millicent Fawcett DBE (June 11, 1847 – August 5, 1929) was a British suffragist (as opposed to a suffragette, who were usually militantly violent) and an early feminist. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... St Marys College Bute Medical School Postgraduate Students Affiliations 1994 Group Website www. ... Edinburgh (pronounced ; Scottish Gaelic: ) is the capital of Scotland and its second-largest city. ... The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ...

In 1866 she was appointed general medical attendant to St Mary's Dispensary, a London institution started to enable poor women to obtain medical help from qualified practitioners of their own sex. The dispensary soon developed into the New Hospital for Women, and there Dr Garrett worked for over twenty years. In 1870 she obtained the University of Paris degree of MD. The same year she was elected to the first London School Board, at the head of the poll for Marylebone, and was also made one of the visiting physicians of the East London hospital for children; but the duties of these two positions she found to be incompatible with her principal work, and she soon resigned them. The New Hospital for Women developed from St Marys Dispensary, a London institution founded to enable poor women to obtain medical help from qualified female practitioners - in that era a very unusual thing. ... Doctor of Medicine (M.D., from the Latin Medicinæ Doctor) is an academic degree. ... The monogram of the School Board for London, which originally adorned all schools built by the board. ... Marylebone (sometimes written St. ...

In 1871 she married James G. S. Anderson (d. 1907), a London shipowner, but did not give up her practice. She worked steadily at the development of the New Hospital, and (from 1874) at the creation of the London School of Medicine for Women. Both institutions have since been handsomely and suitably housed and equipped, the New hospital (in the Euston Road) being worked entirely by medical women, and the schools (in Hunter Street, WC1) having over 200 students, most of them preparing for the medical degree of London University (the present-day University College London), which was opened to women in 1877. In 1897 Dr Garrett Anderson was elected president of the East Anglian branch of the British Medical Association. The London School of Medicine for Women was established in 1874 and was the first medical school in Britian to train women. ... University College London, commonly known as UCL, or simply UC is one of the colleges that makes up the University of London. ... The logo of the association. ...

On the 9th November 1908 she was elected mayor of Aldeburgh, the first female mayor in the whole of England. The movement for the admission of women to the medical profession, of which Dr Anderson was the indefatigable pioneer in England, extended in her lifetime to all of North America and Europe, except for Spain and Turkey. She died in 1917 and is buried in Aldeburgh. Map sources for Aldeburgh at grid reference TM4656 Aldeburgh is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England; it is located on the Alde river at 52° North, 1° East 1. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Map sources for Aldeburgh at grid reference TM4656 Aldeburgh is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England; it is located on the Alde river at 52° North, 1° East 1. ...

Quick notes:

• There is an Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital on the Euston Road, London. This is the modern name of the New hospital mentioned above.
• She took part in the Suffragette movement
• There is a ward at The Royal Free hospital called the Garrett Anderson ward, specialising in infectious and respiratory diseases.

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Sources

• Manton, Jo. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: England's first woman physician. Methuen, London 1965

See also

History of feminism Suffrage parade in New York City on May 6, 1912 The history of feminism reaches far back before the 18th century, but the seeds of the feminist movement were planted during the latter portion of that century. ...

External links

• Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
• BBC page on Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.