Celebrating Britain’s first woman doctor – Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

I was delighted to be on the committee for helping to celebrate this remarkable woman. We held a series of events across the year including:

‘The Garrett family on Aldeburgh Council’ by Richard Marson.
‘Shake the Chains’ concert at Snape Maltings
‘Millicent Garrett-Fawcett; the sexual politics of a suffragist’ by Janet Howarth*.
Exhibitions at the The Long shop Museum, Leiston, Aldeburgh Moot Hall Museum
‘The Life of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson’ by Diana Quick
‘Make More Noise’ – An 80 minute BFI compilation of silent films about the contemporary portrayal of suffragettes
Promenade play: ‘A Woman of Purpose’

To find out more about Elizabeth Garrettand the events we held in 2017 click here.

I was delighted to appear on a BBC Radio Suffolk documentary about it as well for a Look East Politics Programme.