Anderson, ELIZABETH GARRETT

Anderson, ELIZABETH GARRETT, was born in London in 1837, and brought up chiefly at Aldborough, Suffolk. In 1860 she studied medicine with much credit at the Middlesex Hospital; but a petition from the students against the admission of women prevented her return. Miss Garrett ex- perienced considerable difficulty in qualifying, but in 1865 she passed the Apothecaries' Hall examination with credit, and the next year received her first dispensary appointment. In 1870 she was made a visiting physician to the East London Hospital, and headed the poll in the election for the London School Board. In this year, also, the university of Paris conferred on her the degree of M.D. Since her marriage to Mr Anderson in 1871, she has practised regularly as a physician for women and children. She has written several papers on professional and social subjects.