I asked [my father] what there was to make doctoring more disgusting than nursing, which women were always doing, and which ladies had done publicly in the Crimea. He could not tell me. — Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Copy Share Image
At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn hope to check me; he said the whole idea was so disgusting that he could not entertain it for a… — Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Copy Share Image
I think he will probably come round in time, I mean to renew the subject pretty often. — Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Copy Share Image
When I felt rather overcome with [my father's] opposition, I said as firmly as I could, that I must have this or something else,… — Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Copy Share Image
I was only halfway to the record and it seemed like it took me a long time. I feel like that one will never… — Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Copy Share Image
[My mother] speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, etc. By the same… — Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Copy Share Image
I asked [my father] what there was to make doctoring more disgusting than nursing, which women were always doing, and which ladies had done… — Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Copy Share Image
At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn hope to check me;… — Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Copy Share Image
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![“When I felt rather overcome with [my father's] opposition, I said as firmly as I could, that I must have this or something else, that I could not live without some real work.” quote by Elizabeth Garrett Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bbf/elizabeth-garrett-anderson-558_father_when-i-felt-rather-overcome-with-my-fath_1552732.jpg)
![“[My mother] speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, etc. By the same post I had several letters from anxious relatives, telling me that it was my duty to come home and thus ease my mother's anxiety.” quote by Elizabeth Garrett Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/16a/elizabeth-garrett-anderson-558_anxiety_my-mother-speaks-of-my-step-being-a-sour_2060743.jpg)