Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 1836 - 1919, was born in a house formerly on this site. The first woman to be registered as a medical practitioner and surgeon. Founder of the first hospital for and staffed by women.
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
E1, Commercial Road, Metropolitan University, 41-47
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - birth
Born in Whitechapel. She was the first female doctor to be trained in Britain...
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - birth
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