Aldeburgh's first lady: on the centenary of her election as Britain's first female mayor, Andrew Mackay looks at the life of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson.(FRONTLINE)

History Today | November 1, 2008| | Copyright

On November 9th, 1908, Aldeburgh's councilors gathered in the timber-framed Moot Hall, a few yards from the North Sea. They unanimously elected as their leader Mrs Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, who duly became Britain's first female mayor. Her first act was to send a telegram of congratulation to Edward VII, it being the king's birthday.

So began a second pioneering career for a seventy-two-year-old, already famous as Britain's first female doctor. Newson Garrett, Elizabeth's father, had taken the enlightened step of educating his daughters. Elizabeth had proven a ...

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