Louisa Garrett Anderson
British physician and feminist (1873–1943)
Died aged 70LeoUnited Kingdom
Biography
Louisa Garrett Anderson (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.
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.
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Family
- Parents
- James George Skelton AndersonElizabeth Garrett Anderson
- Siblings
- Alan Garrett Anderson
Awards & honours (1)
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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- Louisa Garrett Anderson was born on July 28, 1873.
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- Louisa Garrett Anderson was born in Aldeburgh.
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- Louisa Garrett Anderson is a citizen of United Kingdom.
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