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=Elizabeth Bolton= Miss Elizabeth Bolton (1878-1961) was a consulting surgeon to the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital and a dean and president of the London School of Medicine for Women. She was president of the Medical Women's Federation between 1938-40.

Early Life
Bolton was born in Leeds, where her father was a Congregational minister. She was educated at Stoneygate College, Leicester and Bedford College, London.

Medical education and training
She qualified at the London School of Medicine for Women in 1904. After holding house appointments at the Royal Free Hospital and elsewhere, she graduated with an MD in 1907.

Medical career
In 1910, she was appointed to the staff of the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital. In her obituary in The Lancet, a former colleague fondly recalled her surgical technique and teaching skills.

In 1931, she became dean of the London School of Medicine for Women. During WWII, the School's staff and students were scattered, with some in St. Andrews, Aberdeen, Exeter, St Albans and Arlesey. Others remained based in London. Bolton's obituary in The Lancet described how she maintained 'continuity of training' during this time, noting that she was 'indefatigable in her efforts and unsparing of herself', often undertaking 'long journeys which involved considerable hardship and inconvenience'.

The School returned to London in 1944; a year later it was hit by a V2 bomb, which injured Bolton. Nevertheless, she was active in making arrangements for the students' training, so it could continue in other medical schools. Within four days, the students were back at work.

When Bolton retired from the deanship in 1945, she was elected president of the School. She retained this office until she reisgned due to ill-health in 1957.

Death
Bolton died at the age of 82 on 25 May 1961.