Isabella Garnett

Who is Isabella Garnett?

Isabella Garnett founded the first hospital in the city of Evanston, Illinois that would serve African-American patients. After her hospital merged into Evanston's new Community Hospital in 1928, she served as superintendent of that institution for more than a decade. She remains one of Evanston's best-known historical African-American residents.

Garnett used her maiden name professionally throughout her life, although she married twice. Her full name is sometimes given as Isabella Maude Garnett Butler Talley.