English physician, doctor and feminist (1836–1917)
Not to be confused with Elizabeth Barrett-Anderson.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Detail from a portrait of Garrett Anderson circa 1900
Born
Elizabeth Garrett
(1836-06-09)9 June 1836
Whitechapel, 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
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.
^James Barry, who lived as a man, qualified before her. Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman registered by the General Medical Council in the UK, having qualified in the United States. Frances Hoggan preceded Anderson as the first British woman to qualify in Europe, having qualified in Switzerland.
^"UCL Bloomsbury Project". www.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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