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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (9 June 1836 – 17 December 1917) was an English medical doctor and sister of Millicent Fawcett. She is known for being the first woman to qualify as a doctor and surgeon in Britain and for starting a medical school for women. She was also the first female mayor in Britain. She had three children She taught herself french to go to the University of Paris.

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Her parents, Newson and Louisa Garrett in their old age; from What I Remember by Millicent Garrett Fawcett
A portrait of Garrett in the 1860s
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson before the Faculty of Medicine, Paris
Caricature of Garrett Anderson published in 1872
Garrett Anderson circa 1889
Garrett Anderson as mayor of Aldeburgh, November 1908
The Hospital for Women, now occupied by Unison, in 2018
Garrett Anderson with Emmeline Pankhurst on Black Friday, 18 November 1910
Garrett Anderson
The Garrett Anderson Centre, Ipswich Hospital

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