Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: Biography, Facts and Career
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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 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. She was the first female dean of a British medical school, the first woman in Britain to be elected to a school board and, as mayor of Aldeburgh, the first female mayor in Britain.
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- Full name: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
- Born: 1836-06-09
- Nationality: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Known as: Author
- Wikidata ID: Q235464
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (9 June 1836 – 17 December 1917) was an English physician and suffragist.
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was born on 1836-06-09.
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