ML
's childbirth experiences were not propitious. Her daughter was delivered by forceps (at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Maternity Hospital
in London, UK) after a 36-hour labour, and the delivery cracked the baby's collar-bone—a...
Wealth and Poverty
George Eliot
With the publication of Middlemarch at the end of 1872, GE
reached the ranks of the wealthy. She invested in modern enterprises like canals, railways, and gas companies, and also gave a good deal of...
Timeline
June 1866: Elizabeth Garrett (Britain's first female...
Building item
June 1866
Elizabeth Garrett
(Britain's first female medical practitioner, an apothecary qualified since the previous October) established St Mary's Dispensary
for Women in Seymour Place, Marylebone, London.
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
158
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
69-71, 149
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
203
June 1866: Elizabeth Garrett (Britain's first female...
Building item
June 1866
Elizabeth Garrett
(Britain's first female medical practitioner, an apothecary qualified since the previous October) established St Mary's Dispensary
for Women in Seymour Place, Marylebone, London.
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
158
Blake, Catriona, and Wendy Savage. The Charge of the Parasols: Women’s Entry to the Medical Profession. Women’s Press, 1990.
69-71, 149
Franck, Irene, and David Brownstone. Women’s World: A Timeline of Women in History. HarperCollins; HarperPerennial, 1995.
203
February 1872: The New Hospital for Women opened above St...