http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/garrett_anderson_elizabeth.shtml
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was an English physician and suffragette, the first woman to qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon.
After school she was expected to marry well and live the life of a lady. However meetings with the feminist Emily Davies and Elizabeth Blackwell, the first American woman physician, convinced Elizabeth Garrett that she should become a doctor.
In 1872, Anderson founded the New Hospital for Women in London (later renamed after its founder), staffed entirely by women. Anderson appointed her mentor, Elizabeth Blackwell, as the professor of gynaecology there.
Anderson's determination paved the way for other women, and in 1876 an act was passed permitting women to enter the medical professions. In 1883, Anderson was appointed dean of the London School of Medicine for Women, which she had helped to found in 1874, and oversaw its expansion.
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