Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

House Captains
Lily “I would like to get more equipment by fundraising.  Help play time monitors. Have coffee week to raise money to books.”	Sidas “To go outside and read. Bring in some pets for a day.  Make more trips to the zoo. In science, to go outside to try to find something that you are learning about.”

Key Dates

1836 – Elizabeth was born

1841 – Elizabeth moved with her family to Aldeburgh, Suffolk

1850 – Elizabeth was sent to boarding school in Blackheath, London

1859 – Elizabeth decided she wanted to become a doctor so became a nurse at Middlesex hospital and snuck into the lectures for men

1865 – Elizabeth passed her Apothecaries exam and started a medical practise in London

1870 – After learning French Elizabeth went to Paris and got her medical degree

1871 – Elizabeth got married to James Anderson

1872 – Elizabeth opened the New Hospital for Women in London

1873 – Elizabeth was allowed to become a member of the British Medical Association, making her the first British woman doctor

1902 – Elizabeth retired and moved back to Aldeburgh, Suffolk

1908 – Elizabeth was elected mayor of Aldeburgh, making her the first woman mayor in England

1908 – Elizabeth was nearly arrested for protesting as a Suffragette

1912 – Elizabeth daughter, Louisa, was sent to prison for protesting

1917 – Elizabeth died and was buried in Aldeburgh

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