Pascal Theatre Company announces an online talk:
Monday 7 October: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: a modern woman 100 years ahead of her time: by Lucy Havard
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) is widely known as the first British woman who qualified as a doctor. This talk delves into the professional and personal life of Garrett Anderson, arguing that not only did she pave the way for future aspiring female doctors, but she also showed that it was possible to ‘have it all’: a successful career as well as a fulfilling family life.
Elizabeth married comparatively late at the age of 34 only after she had successfully completed her studies to become a fully qualified doctor. In a professional capacity she was a ‘pioneer’: the founder of the first hospital staffed by women, the first female member of the British Medical Association, the first female Dean of a British medical school, the first female mayor in Britain – the list goes on! Over 100 years after Garrett Anderson’s death, this talk asks whether we can still learn from her example, or has too much time passed to draw significant parallels in today’s modern world?
Lucy Havard studied medicine as an undergraduate at University College London (UCL), graduating in 2013. She always enjoyed studying history and intercalated in History of Medicine at the Wellcome Library in London. She was awarded first class honours for her intercalated BSc in 2010. After working full-time as a medical doctor for four years, she decided to pursue her interest in history further, undertaking an MSc in History and Philosophy of Science at UCL. After another year working as a doctor, she embarked upon an MPhil in Early Modern History at the University of Cambridge in 2019 and was awarded a Distinction in 2020. She returned to clinical medicine to work in the Intensive Care Unit before beginning her specialty training in renal medicine at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. Lucy is currently Out of Programme studying for a PhD in History at the University of Cambridge.
This is an online talk in collaboration with RUMS (The Royal Free, University College and Middlesex Medical Students’ Association) and UCL School Gender Equality Network.
Further information and to register: 7 October: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: a modern woman 100 years ahead of her time: an online talk by Lucy Havard – Pascal Theatre Company (pascal-theatre.com)
or email: events@pascal-theatre.com
This talk forms part of Pascal Theatre Company’s Lottery Heritage Funded project: Women for Women: 19th century women in Bloomsbury.
image credit: Walery, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
