Plaque

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - birth

Inscription

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 

Site: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - birth (1 memorial)

E1, Commercial Road, Metropolitan University, 41-47

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - birth

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

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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Tower Hamlets Council

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