As a creator of the YWCA, the first female principal in Canada and the first female Canadian to study and practise medicine, Doctor Emily Howard Stowe is an inspiration tofor many women who are reluctant to break …show more content…
She had started her journey of public struggle of achieving equality when she was a teacher. Her sedulous efforts in the classroom had shone, giving Emily Stowe the opportunity to become the first female principal in Canada. This caused a development in the state of females. However, this was only a mere accomplishment, for she had more to do. It is important to mention that she was always this way. Emily Stowe was constantly doing work that was considered ‘men’s work’. She believed that it was only a way to look at it. Men or women, it doesn’t matter. All that mattered was that the work was completed; and it often was. It was thought that the sex which they were not capable of choosing, and their natural tendencies defined …show more content…
An idea like this would be almost impossible to implement. Ideas often stayed as ideas. It would be hard to become a doctor, as she was a female. They were segregated from the males. The men would do work, and the females would stay as housewives. Nonetheless, she attended the New York Medical College. Emily Stowe was required to attend a school in the USA because there were not many opportunities here in Canada during that period. She received her degree in 1967. This, in my opinion, was a crucial part of Emily Stowe’s life. She had accomplished what many women wouldn’t dare think of. Emily Stowe had also just become the first Canadian woman to study/practise medicine. Because of what she did, I suspect women would be able to attend a university much faster than they would have, if Emily Stowe hadn’t done what she did. She had also campaigned for the first medical college in Canada.
The woman still didn’t think it was enough. She understood the struggle of studying medicine. So she wanted to make it easier for other women like her. Hence, the creation of the first suffrage group was made in 1876. The group was called the Toronto Women’s Literary Club. She was also the principal founder and first president of the Dominion Women's Enfranchisement Association, created in 1889. The purpose of these gatherings were to encourage women to do things, inspire other