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Save the E.G.A.
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Save the E.G.A.
- Object:
Poster
- Place of origin:
UK (made)
- Date:
1978 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Poster Film (designers)
- Credit Line:
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
- Museum number:
E.664-2004
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case 3G, shelf DR26
This poster was part of a successful appeal launched in 1978 to save the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital from closure. Margaret Thatcher promised to save the hospital if elected to office and she kept her promise. The hospital itself raised £500,000 for renovated equipment and furniture.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) was a committed feminist who became a successful doctor after overcoming many gender-related obstacles that sought to bar women from the medical profession. In 1872 she opened the New Hospital for Women in London, a hospital that was staffed entirely by women. Upon her death in 1917, the hospital was renamed in her honour.
