Louisa Garrett Anderson
British physician and feminist (1873–1943) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Louisa Garrett Anderson, CBE (28 July 1873 – 15 November 1943) was a medical pioneer, a member of the Women's Social and Political Union, a suffragette, and social reformer. She was the daughter of the founding medical pioneer Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, whose biography she wrote in 1939.
Louisa Garrett Anderson | |
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Born | Louisa Garrett Anderson (1873-07-28)28 July 1873 Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England |
Died | 15 November 1943(1943-11-15) (aged 70) Brighton, Sussex, England |
Education | St Leonards School London School of Medicine for Women |
Known for | Military hospitals Campaigning for women's rights and social reform |
Relatives | Flora Murray (partner) Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (mother) Alan Garrett Anderson (brother) |
Medical career | |
Profession | Physician and surgeon |
Anderson was the Chief Surgeon of the Women's Hospital Corps (WHC) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. Her aunt, Dame Millicent Fawcett, was a British suffragist. Her partner was fellow doctor and suffragette Flora Murray. Her cousin was Dr Mona Chalmers Watson who also supported suffragettes and founded the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.[1]