Act of Parliament ruled for degrees for women, largely resulting because of Jex-Blake's struggles. This allowed Sophia Jex-Blake to become one of the first female doctors in the UK. Jex-Blake then founded the London School of Medicine for Women as well as the Edinburgh School of Medicine for Women. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was born in Whitechapel, London and received a good education. She chose to pursue a medical career after meeting Doctor Elizabeth Blackwell. After applying to several medical schools, Anderson got rejected from all of those she applied to. Thus, Anderson enrolled as a nurse in Middlesex Hospital and was appointed to the position of medical attendant in 1866 at St. Mary's Dispensary. Still wishing to become a doctor, Anderson successfully pursued a medical degree in France. Returning to London, Anderson assisted in the founding of the New Hospital for Women at the St. Mary's Dispensary and the London School of Medicine for Women. Anderson would later oversee the London School's expansion after she receiving the position of Dean in 1833, after which she also appointed Blackwell as a Professor of Gynecology. The school was later renamed to the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, which was eventually made part of the University of London. Notable graduates Dame Louisa Aldrich-Blake, first woman in Britain to be awarded the degree of Master of Surgery. Florence Barrett, consultant surgeon at the Mothers' Hospital in Clapton and the Royal Free Hospital in London, graduated 1906 Diana Beck, consultant neurosurgeon at Middlesex Hospital, graduated 1925 Julia Bell, human geneticist and member of the Royal College of Physicians, graduated 1920 Rosemary Biggs, haematologist, graduated 1943 Margery Blackie, homeopath to Queen Elizabeth II, graduated 1923 Mary Alice Blair, surgeon and Unit Administrator with the Scottish Women's Hospital for Foreign Service, graduated 1910 Margaret Boileau, doctor and surgeon from Norfolk, graduated 1906 Ruth Bowden, professor of anatomy at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, graduated 1940 Fanny Jane Butler, in first graduating class, 1880; known as first English, fully trained medical missionary in India Dame Hilda Bynoe, Governor of Grenada, graduated 1951 Phillis Emily Cunnington, collector, writer and historian on costume and fashion, graduated 1918 Janet Elizabeth Lane-Claypon, a founder of the science of epidemiology, graduated 1901 Eleanor Davies-Colley, surgeon, first female FRCS, co-founder of the South London Hospital for Women and Children, graduated 1907 Katharine Dormandy, haematologist at the Royal Free Hospital, graduated