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Emily became the first female public school Principal in Canada. -
When she was a kid
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she became a teacher at age 15 -
She home-schooled Stowe and her five sisters and taught them skills in herbal healing. After teaching at local schools for seven years, her public struggle to achieve equality for women began in 1852, when she applied for admission to Victoria College, Cobourg, Ontario.
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Ann Augusta Stowe-Gullen (July 27, 1857 – September 25, 1943), was a Canadian medical doctor, lecturer and suffragist. She was born in Mount Pleasant, Ontario[1] as the daughter of Emily Howard Stowe and John Fiuscia Michael Heward Stowe. -
After graduating in 1867, she began a practice in Toronto, the first Canadian woman to practice medicine in Canada. After her experience fighting for acceptance in the medical community, Dr. Stowe became an ardent champion of women's rights, including suffrage, education and medical education.
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After graduating in 1867, she began a practice in Toronto, the first Canadian woman to practice medicine in Canada. After her experience fighting for acceptance in the medical community, Dr. Stowe became an ardent champion of women's rights, including suffrage, education and medical education. -
Central public school in Brantford, Ontario, where Emily Stowe was Canada's first female school principal. On 22 November 1856, she married John Stowe, who ran his family business, the Stowe Brothers Carriage Shop. -
In 1876, Stowe founded the Toronto Women's Literary Club, renamed the Canadian Women's Suffrage Association in 1883.
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when she died at 71