English physician and suffragist Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was born #OTD in 1836.
In 1865, Elizabeth Anderson became the first woman in Britain to qualify as a physician and surgeon. In 1872, she founded the New Hospital for Women in London, which was staffed entirely by women. In 1874, she co-founded the London School of Medicine for Women, where served as the dean of the school, guiding its development and ensuring high standards of education for women students.