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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English Physician

Portrait of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917), c. 1889. Anderson was an English physician and feminist, the first Englishwoman to qualify as a physician and surgeon in Britain, the co-founder of the first hospital staffed by women, the first dean of a British medical school, the first female doctor of medicine in France, the first woman in Britain to be elected to a school board and, as Mayor of Aldeburgh, the first female mayor and magistrate in Britain.

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English Physician

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Portrait of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917), c. 1889. Anderson was an English physician and feminist, the first Englishwoman to qualify as a physician and surgeon in Britain, the co-founder of the first hospital staffed by women, the first dean of a British medical school, the first female doctor of medicine in France, the first woman in Britain to be elected to a school board and, as Mayor of Aldeburgh, the first female mayor and magistrate in Britain.

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2539 x 3699 px | 26.9 MB

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21.5 x 31.3 cm | 8.5 x 12.3 in (300 dpi)

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