July 16, 1880 - Emily Howard Stowe - a podcast by Stephen Hammond

Emily Howard Stowe becomes Canada’s first licensed woman doctor. Emily Stowe was born in Norwich, Ontario in 1831 to parents of the Quaker faith who believed strongly in the equality of men and women. So, even though it was unusual for a woman at the time, Stowe set her sights on studying medicine after she had married and had three children. Since the University of Toronto would not admit women, she went to New York and graduated in 1867. When she was denied a license to practice medicine in Canada on the basis of not having graduated from a Canadian school, she established a respectable practice in Toronto anyway, catering mostly to women and children. Finally, on July 16, 1880, Toronto’s Council of the College of Physicians and Surgeons granted Stowe her medical license. Three years later, Stowe helped found the Ontario Medical College for Women, which later became Women's College Hospital. In 1981, she was honoured with a postage stamp for her tireless work to promote equality for men and women. She died in 1903.

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