Dr. Emily Stowe (1831-1903)

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted September, 2006

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted September, 2006

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Emily wanted to attend university to become a doctor but was denied that opportunity here in Toronto because she was a woman. So off she went to more enlightened New York City. An Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque here in front of Women's College Hospital on Grenville Street at Elizabeth Street tells the tale:

Plaque coordinates: 43.661220 -79.387754

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. In 1883 Dr. Stowe spearheaded the drive to found Woman's Medical College in Toronto. Her leadership of the Dominion Women's Enfranchisement Association kept the issue of suffrage in the public eye during the closing years of the 19th century.

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Posted April 27, 2012
There is a school in Clarington named after her. She was Canada's first woman school principal as well, haveing been a school teacher in Norwich township scince the age of 15.

Posted April 11, 2010
Is a hospital or a uni or something built in memory of Dr. Emily Stowe

Posted April 1, 2010
Emily Stowe was AWESOME!!

Posted May 31, 2009
this doesnt help me at all , thanks for your time .

Posted December 12, 2008
how old was she?

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