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- Hi I'm Emily Stowe! The cause of the women's suffrage started back in 1876, when I Dr. Emily Stowe came to Toronto to practice medicine. I was the first, and for many years the sole woman physician in Canada.
- 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, the TWLC began to publicly support women’s right to vote and their right to own property.
- In 1879, I was involved in a criminal trial. One of My patients, nineteen-year-old Sarah Lovell, died mysteriously. I was accused of trying to help Lovell have an abortion, which was against the law at that time. At the inquest, I testified that I had given Lovell a drug that could cause a miscarriage, but that I had given only one thirtieth of the full dose.
- This amount was too small to cause a miscarriage. When I testified at the inquest, I proved herself to be a knowledgeable and skilled medical practitioner. The coroner’s jury determined that Lovell had poisoned herself. Still, I was charged with the criminal act of administering drugs to cause an abortion. After a short trial, I was ultimately acquitted. I gained support from this by others.
- Soon after the trial, on 16 July 1880, I received my medical licence from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Rather than writing my exam, I was admitted on the basis of my credentials and my earlier medical work as an apprentice to Dr. Joseph J. Lancaster.
- In 1883, the TWLC changed its name to the Canadian Women’s Suffrage Association (CWSA). Stowe was a vice-president. In 1889, Stowe helped create a nationwide organization devoted to female suffrage called the Dominion Women’s Enfranchisement Association (DWEA). Stowe was the principal founder and first president of the DWEA. In her position, Stowe used various strategies to influence political change: lobbying, petitions, rallies, speeches, and newspaper editorials. This cause ended in august of 1920 towards a new beginning.
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