Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was the first woman to train as a doctor in the UK.
She had political flair, medical skill, administrative and fundraising ability, independence of mind, honesty and kindness. She set the standard for women doctors and gave women a choice.
The Aims of EGA for Women
We are a group of people who believe the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (EGAH) should have been preserved as a memorial to the life and work of Dr. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson in recognition of her enormous contribution to medical history and to the history of women in the UK. Unfortunately it has not been possible to keep it as a functioning hospital run by women for women.
However we have successfully negotiated with the new owners, Unison, the biggest public service trade union in Britain, to set up a permanent exhibition to commemorate EGA and other pioneering women doctors.
The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Gallery is expected to open at the end of 2010 in the original hospital, which EGA for Women got listed in 2003.
The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Gallery is situated in the new Unison centre on 126-144, Euston Road, London NW1 2AP, between the British Library and Euston Station.
We are also pursuing her original aim of a medical service run by women for women to be restored at the newly-built University College Hospital.
Patrons
Caroline Flint, Midwife
Margaret Ghilchik, Retired Surgeon
Baroness Helena Kennedy, Barrister
Sheila Kitzinger, Childbirth Activist
Carole Tongue, Former MEP
Chair
Wendy Savage, Retired Obstetrician