1831-1903+Emily+Stowe




 * Biography**
 * Aka Dr. Emily Howard Stowe
 * Pioneering Canadian physician and suffragette, feminist
 * First Canadian woman to practise medicine in Canada
 * Second licensed female physician in Canada
 * Lifelong champion of women’s rights
 * (very smart) got offered position with Brantford School Board, became the first woman principal of a public school in Upper Canada
 * Inspired to explore into medical field because husband John got tuberculosis, so became a physician
 * Applied again to Toronto School of Medicine but was rejected because she was female
 * Moved to USA to study instead in New York
 * she’s the first female physician in Canada, and an inspiration to other females in the medical industry


 * Where:**
 * born in Norwich Township in Ontario
 * went to the University of Toronto after being rejected multiple times
 * went to the (USA) New York Medical College for Women to study medicine

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 * Accomplishments**
 * First Canadian woman to practise medicine in Canada
 * she provided women with medical schools which led to women’s movement and medical college for women
 * the first female physician in Canada, and an inspiration to other females in the medical industry
 * Founded the Dominion Women’s Enfranchisement Association, and was the first president
 * Founded the Toronto Women’s Literary Guild (first suffragette group to stand up for women’s rights and improve their working conditions) later in 1883 turned to Canadian Women’s Suffrage Association
 * Pressured University of Toronto to accept more women and was there when her own daughter was the first woman doctor to graduate from a Canadian medical school (in 1883)


 * We remember her today because....**
 * she got women to go to medical universities where before, women weren’t allowed to go
 * She also is responsible and credited for having women in Canada to vote (which happened 14 years after her death)
 * females in Canada may not be able to go into the medical field and vote if it wasn't for her