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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] .
Elizabeth Garret Anderson aged 30 © Anderson was a pioneering physician and political campaigner, the first Englishwoman to qualify as a doctor. Elizabeth Garrett was born in Whitechapel, east...
Jun 5, 2024 · Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (born June 9, 1836, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, Eng.—died Dec. 17, 1917, Aldeburgh) was an English physician who advocated the admission of women to professional education, especially in medicine.
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Jun 8, 2018 · Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) was an english physician who was the first woman to qualify in medicine in Britain and who pioneered the professional education of women.
Dec 19, 2022 · Jonny Wilkes explores how Elizabeth Garrett Anderson gave a shot in the arm for women in medicine. In 1876, the Medical Act received royal assent by Queen Victoria, allowing for the first time for women to be licenced by a medical authority and opening the doors to university education in the field.
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Dec 16, 2017 · Given the important role of women in the medical profession, it might be easy to forget the struggles experienced by early women doctors in trying to attain medical qualifications. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, who died on Dec 17, 1917, was one of these early pioneers.