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HISTORY OF THE LODGE
Formerly known as Alde Cottage built
as a summer retreat by Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, who was the first woman to qualify as a
doctor in Britain. She was brought up in the seaside town of Aldeburgh
in the county of Suffolk. Her house in Aldeburgh was known as Alde
House.
Her husband died while serving as Mayor of Aldeburgh, she was
invited by the town to serve out his term as Mayor becoming the first
woman Mayor in Britain. Born in 1836, died in 1917 she worked all her
life for the vote for women. She also established the Elizabeth Garrett
Anderson Hospital For women in London and was instrumental in the start
of the London School of Medicine for Women. |
