Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, First Female Doctor in France

Title

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, First Female Doctor in France

Description

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, LSA, MD (1836 – 1917), 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 woman M.D. 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.

Creator

Frederick Waddy

Date

1873

Source

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Elizabeth_Garrett_Anderson%2C_M.D.jpg/800px-Elizabeth_Garrett_Anderson%2C_M.D.jpg

Rights

Source: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson. (2012, October 12). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15:53, October 15, 2012, from http://bit.ly/P4MTvm

Publisher

Frederick Waddy

Contributor

Frederick Waddy

Format

Medium: Drawing

Language

English

Type

Figures

Identifier

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Physician, Surgeon, Women, Britain, Feminist

Coverage

Historic

Files

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Elizabeth_Garrett_Anderson,_M.D.jpg/800px-Elizabeth_Garrett_Anderson,_M.D.jpg

Reference

Frederick Waddy, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, First Female Doctor in France, Frederick Waddy, 1873

Cite As

Frederick Waddy, “Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, First Female Doctor in France,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed March 29, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/248.