13 Facts About Emily Stowe

Emily Howard Stowe was a Canadian physician who was the first female physician to practise in Canada, the second licensed female physician in Canada and an activist for women's rights and suffrage.

Emily Stowe Howard Jennings was born in Norwich Township, Oxford County, Ontario, as one of six daughters of farmers Hannah Howard and Solomon Jennings.

Emily Stowe entered in November 1853 and was graduated with first-class honours in 1854.

Emily Stowe taught there until her marriage in 1856.

Emily Stowe married John Fiuscia Michael Heward Stowe in 1856.

Emily Stowe gained some local prominence through public lectures on women's health and maintained a steady clientele through newspaper advertisements.

Emily Stowe testified that she had prescribed Lovell a one thirtieth of the full dose of drug that could cause a miscarriage, an amount too small to cause a miscarriage.

Emily Stowe was acquitted after a short trial during which she gained public support.

Emily Stowe adopted a gradualist strategy which she brought back to her work in Canada.

In 1876, Emily Stowe founded the Toronto Women's Literary Club, renamed the Canadian Women's Suffrage Association in 1883.

Emily Stowe believed that it would not help working-class Canadians and was instead a corrupt deal on behalf of major businesses.

Emily Stowe died in 1903, fourteen years before Canadian women were granted the right to vote.

Emily Stowe was the first female public-school principal in Ontario, the first female physician to practice medicine in Canada and a lifelong champion of women's rights who helped to found the Canadian Women's Suffrage Association.