Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital

John McKean Brydon (1840-1901

1890

Euston Road and Church Way, London

Height: 20 1/2 inches.

Photograph and text 2006 by Jacqueline Banerjee.

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This building is shown as it appeared in late 2006 when fenced off for demolition. The original foundation (in 1866, as proclaimed here) was in Seymour Place, Marylebone, where it was a dispensary for women and children. It was moved to this site in 1888, where it was rebuilt to the designs of the well-known Scottish architect John McKean Brydon (1840-1901). It was completed in 1890, had 42 beds, and "was staffed entirely by women" (Weinreb and Hibbert 264). By her own wish, it was not called after its founder in her own lifetime.

Despite the addition of a new wing in 1929, and a costly renovation completed in 1984, the building is now due for demolition, but both its services to the community and its founder's name are being preserved. It was reestablished in Huntley Street, close to University College Hospital, in December 2000, and will be moved into the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing of the new University College Hospital complex in 2008. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson's remarkable contribution to women's medicine, women's role in the medical profession, and women's professional status in general, continues.

References

Weinreb, Ben, and Christopher Hibbert, eds. The London Encyclopedia. London: Macmillan, rev. ed. 1992.

"University College, London, Hospital website." Viewed 23 January 2007.

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Last modified 24 January 2007