▁the ▁Joh ns ▁Hop kins ▁School ▁of ▁Medicine ▁was ▁under ▁construction ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁nin ete enth ▁century , ▁the ▁school ▁board ▁quickly ▁ran ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁end ow ment ▁from ▁Joh ns ▁Hop kins . ▁Gar rett ▁and ▁her ▁friends ▁founded ▁the ▁Women ' s ▁Medical ▁School ▁Fund ▁Committee ▁and ▁promised ▁to ▁make ▁up ▁for ▁the ▁def ic it ▁provided ▁that ▁women ▁were ▁accepted ▁" on ▁the ▁same ▁terms ▁as ▁men ." ▁The ▁condition ▁was ▁accepted ▁by ▁the ▁school ▁board , ▁and ▁since ▁then , ▁medical ▁education ▁had ▁become ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁accessible ▁to ▁females . ▁Gar rett ▁was ▁also ▁h ug ely ▁involved ▁in ▁Women ' s ▁suff rage ▁movement , ▁working ▁with ▁her ▁friends ▁Anna ▁Howard ▁Shaw , ▁Julia ▁Ward ▁How e , ▁and ▁Susan ▁B . ▁Anthony ▁and ▁serving ▁as ▁a ▁major ▁benef actor ▁of ▁the ▁movement . ▁ ▁Gar ret ▁spent ▁her ▁final ▁years ▁at ▁the ▁Bry n ▁M aw r ▁College ▁with ▁M . ▁Care y ▁Thomas . ▁Thomas ▁and ▁Gar rett ▁shared ▁the ▁same ▁campus ▁home , ▁" the ▁Dean ery " ▁at ▁Bry n ▁M aw r . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Secretary ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁inher iting ▁a ▁fortune ▁of ▁about ▁$ 2 ▁million ▁following ▁her ▁father ' s ▁death , ▁Gar rett ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁personal ▁secretary ▁for ▁her ▁father , ▁John ▁W . ▁Gar rett . ▁She ▁thus ▁had ▁opportun ities ▁to ▁meet ▁with ▁many ▁business ▁magn ates ▁in ▁America , ▁including ▁Andrew ▁Car neg ie , ▁J . ▁P . ▁Morgan