Artifact #3: Emily Howard Stowe

Citation: Emily Howard Stowe, from The Women's Suffrage Movement in Canada Library and Archives Canada/C-9480. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/suffrage 

Emily Stowe advertisement in The Globe, 11 November 1867. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/suffrage 

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Emily Howard Stowe is one of the many important and influential faces of the women's suffrage movement. She was born May 1st, 1883 in Ontario. Stowe began teaching at the age of 15 and was determined to further her education, applying to the only college that allowed women,  Normal School for Upper Canada. After furthering her education Stowe began to work for a school board and became the first female principal in Ontario. Stowe’s husband then became sick with tuberculosis which inspired Stowe to read on herbal medicine and began studying medicine. Stowe then fought for her right to attend medical school which she succeeded, becoming one of the first physicians in Ontario. While fighting for her education Stowe dealt with inequality in education, which then sparked her organization Toronto Women’s Literary Club (TWLC) in 1876–77. The TWLC was concerned with improving women’s access to higher education and with improving the working conditions and rights of female workers. Over time, began to publicly support women’s right to vote and their right to own property. Stowe is one of the many extraordinary women who gave her life to women's suffrage and had a major impact on women's rights and their education.

Bibliography: 

Raymond, Katrine. “Emily Stowe.” The Canadian Encyclopedia, April 1, 2008. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/emily-stowe.