Elizabeth Garrett Anderson.
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Ahead of International Women s Day on Monday March 8, get to know some of the figures who have made an incredible impact on our great county and the wider world.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
Very few of us will be able to achieve a ‘first’ in any given field – unlike Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, who was not only the first woman in Britain to qualify as a doctor, but was also the first woman to be elected as a mayor in England. In addition to this, she was also the first woman in Britain to be elected to a school board, and the first dean of a British medical school.
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