Author Date

2023-04-27

Degree Name

BA

Department

History

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Defense Date

2023-03-03

Publication Date

2023-03-17

First Faculty Advisor

Daren Ray

Second Faculty Advisor

Rebecca de Schweinitz

First Faculty Reader

Christine Isom-Verhaaren

Honors Coordinator

Daren Ray

Keywords

Women, Doctors, Egypt, United Kingdom

Abstract

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson’s pursuit of a medical education and career in Great Britain in the 1860s sharply contrasts with the rise of a class of female medical practitioners or “hakimas,” in Egypt in the 1830s. The two stories are especially noteworthy when examined together since Great Britain colonized Egypt in the 1880s, severely limiting opportunities for women in medicine in the now-occupied nation. Elizabeth and women in Egypt, were both negatively impacted by British attitudes toward women, despite Great Britain’s image of itself as a modern, enlightened nation. Drawing on a range of primary sources, including the personal correspondence of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 19th century medical research, and memoirs of public health officials, this paper explores and compares the stories of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and of Egyptian Hakimas in the middle decades of the nineteenth century.

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