Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - Physician and Suffragist (1836 – 1917)

House Anderson is named after Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, who was an English physician and suffragist. She was the first woman in Britain to qualify as a physician and a surgeon. She demonstrates the RTS way as she was determined and believed in the power of effort. Written by RTS Student Council

• First woman to qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon.

• Co-founder of the first hospital staffed by women.

• First dean of a British medical school

• First woman in Britain to be elected to a school board

• First female mayor in Britain.