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Title: ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON


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ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON
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Caitlin McGuinness
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  • Elizabeth was born in 1836 the second
  • of the nine children of Newson Garrett.
  • Elizabeth was educated at home at a
  • private school and decided to
  • study medicine.

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  • This, was unheard of for a woman at
  • this time period. Men usually thought
  • that they were better, but , they are
  • equal.

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  • Elizabeth was the first woman doctor.
  • She also set up a hospital for poor
  • woman and children.
  • On 9 November 1908
  • she was elected mayor
  • of Alde burgh, the first
  • female mayor in England

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pictures of elizabeth garrett anderson
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  • In 1871 she married James George Skelton Anderson
    but she did not give up her practice.

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  • She had three children, Louisa, Margaret, who
    died of meningitis, and Alan. Louisa also became
    a pioneering doctor of medicine and social
    campaigner.

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  • She sadly passed away at the age of 81-17th
    December 1917. She lived a remarkable life.

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