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Emily Howard Stowe (née Jennings; May 1, 1831 – April 30, 1903) [1] was a Canadian physician who was the first female physician to practise in Canada, the second licensed female physician in Canada [2] and an activist for women's rights and suffrage. [3] Stowe helped found the women's suffrage movement in Canada and campaigned for the ...
- Childhood and Early Life
- Early Career
- Medical Career
- Suffrage
- Education For Women
- Legacy
Emily Howard Jennings was born on 1 May 1831 in Norwich Township, Ontario. Her mother, Hannah Lossing Howard, and her father, Solomon Jennings, were successful farmers. They came from well-established families who were members of the Quakers(The Religious Society of Friends) and were political and spiritual leaders in their community. Their communi...
In 1846, at the age of 15, Stowe began to work as a teacher in the town of Summerville, Ontario. She taught there for seven years. In 1852, Stowe applied to Victoria College in Cobourg, Ontario. She was not admitted because she was female. Stowe then applied to the Normal School for Upper Canada (Toronto), which was the only advanced school in Cana...
Stowe applied to the Toronto School of Medicine in 1865 but was not accepted. At that time, women were not admitted to medical schools in Canada. Stowe left Canada to attend the New York Medical College for Women, which taught homeopathic medicine. While she attended medical school, her sister Cornelia Lossing helped to look after her children. Sto...
Throughout her medical career, Stowe fought for equality between men and women. She believed that women deserved the opportunity to earn the same credentials as men, whether in medicine, law or any other area of study. Stowe helped to create the Toronto Women’s Literary Club (TWLC) in 1876–77. The TWLC was concerned with improving women’s access to...
Stowe worked tirelessly to promote higher education for women. She pressured the University of Toronto to change their policies around accepting female students into medical school. In 1883, Stowe’s daughter, Ann Augusta Stowe-Gullen, earned a medical degree from the University of Toronto. Stowe-Gullen was the first female to graduate from a Canadi...
Stowe died on 30 April 1903 in Toronto. While the Ontario Medical College for Women closed in 1905, its Dispensary inspired the creation of a hospital run by women for women. In 1909, a group called the Women’s College Hospital Committee campaigned for a female-run hospital. The Dispensary was renamed Women’s College Hospital and Dispensary in 1913...
Emily Stowe's crusade for female suffrage and higher education for women placed her in the vanguard of the women's rights movement in Canada. Denied access to university in this country because of her gender, she studied medicine in New York City, then moved to Toronto where, in 1867, she opened the first private practice in Canada run by a woman doctor.
Jul 10, 2018 · In 1867, Canada’s birthday, Dr. Stowe became the school’s first graduate. During a 25-year period this school graduated 219 students. They originated from states across America and included the first African American female MD in New York, Dr. Susan McKinney.
Dec 13, 2021 · Emily Howard Stowe (1831 – 1903) Library and Archives Canada/C-009480. Dr. Emily Howard Stowe was a crusader for the rights of women and the first Canadian woman to practice medicine. Since medical schools in Canada denied entry to women students, Stowe applied and was accepted to the New York Medical College for Women, where she graduated in ...
Dr. Emily Stowe (1831-1903) was the first female doctor to practice in Ontario. Dr. Emily Howard Jennings Stowe was born in Norwich Township, Oxford County, Ontario. She was raised as a Quaker. Dr. Stowe became a school teacher at the age of 15 at a schoolhouse in neighboring Summerville. As an advocate for equality, especially where education ...
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Dr. Emily Howard Stowe was the first female doctor to practice in Canada, and an activist for women's rights and suffrage. Emily’s public struggle to achieve equality for women began in 1852, when she applied for admission to Victoria College, Cobourg. Refused on the grounds that she was female, she applied to the Normal School… Continue reading Dr Emily Howard Stowe – First Woman ...
