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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, född som Elizabeth Garrett den 9 juni 1836 i Whitechapel, London, död 17 december 1917 i Aldeburgh, Suffolk, var en brittisk läkare och feminist, den första kvinna i England som avlade läkarexamen.

Hon vägrades inträde till medicinska fakulteter och bedrev då istället privata studier och fick sin läkarlegitimation av Society of Apothecaries i London 1865. Hon grundade en medicinsk fakultet för kvinnor, som blev New Hospital for Women. Idag heter sjukhuset Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital (på Euston Road i London), ett sjukhus för kvinnor med endast kvinnlig personal. Garrett Anderson var även delaktig i att grunda London School of Medicine for Women.

1871 gifte hon sig med affärsmannen James Anderson och de fick tillsammans tre barn. 1908 valdes hon till borgmästare i Aldeburgh i Suffolk, och blev då den första kvinnliga borgmästaren i England.

Vid 72 års ålder blev hon medlem i suffragetternas organisation Women's Social and Political Union. Hon gick emellertid ur organisationen 1911, eftersom hon ogillade dess mordbrandkampanj.

  • Gayle Greene, The Woman Who Knew Too Much, University of Michigan Press (Jul 31, 2001), ISBN 0-472-08783-5
  • Genesis: Developing Access to Women's History Sources in the British Isles [1]
  • Shompa Lahiri, Indians in Britain, Routledge (Nov 1, 1999, UK), ISBN 0-7146-8049-4
  • John Richardson, The Annals of London'', University of California Press (Sep 1, 2000), ISBN 0-520-22795-6
  • Anne Witz, Professions and Patriarchy, Routledge (Jan 1, 1992, UK), ISBN 0-415-07044-9
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