| Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett (1836-1917) |
| English
physician. A sister of Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Elizabeth also worked
for woman suffrage. With difficulty she obtained a private medical education
under accredited physicians and in London hospitals; in 1865 she was
licensed to practice by the Scottish Society of Apothecaries. In London
in 1866 she opened a dispensary, later a small hospital, for women and
children, the first in England to be staffed by women physicians; it
was known after 1918 as the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital. Largely
as a result of her efforts, British examining boards opened their examinations
to women.
See biography by J. Manton (1965). |