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- Canadian #WomenInSTEM from our archives: Connie Eaves, with Terry Fox Laboratory & medical genetics prof @UBC bit.ly/1o6L9EO 4 years ago
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Tag Archives: University of Toronto
From the archives: Akua Benjamin (Herstory 2007)
“Why don’t we have social workers at the airport? The need is so great, considering that a large majority of immigrants and refugees arrive in Toronto, yet there are no social workers attached to immigration.” – Akua Benjamin, 2005. Akua … Continue reading
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Tagged 1000 Women of Peace Project, 2001 UN Conference on Racism, African-Canadians, Akua Benjamin, Coalition of Visible Minority Women, Congress of Black Women, Lorna Benjamin, Ryerson, Ryerson University, School of Social Work, Toronto, Trinidad, University of Toronto
From the archives: Emily Howard Stowe (Herstory 1974)
Emily Howard Stowe Emily Howard Stowe was born in Norwich, Oxford County, Ontario, on May 1, 1831, one of six daughters of Quaker parents. They considered education as important for girls as boys, hence she was taught at home by … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society for the Advancement of Women, Augusta Stowe-Gullen, Brantford Central School, Canadian university, Dominion Women's Enfranchisement League, education, Emily Howard Stowe, Medical College, New York Medical College for Women, Ontario, Quaker, Toronto, Toronto Women's Literacy Club, Toronto Women's Suffrage Club, University of Toronto, women's rights
From the archives: Augusta Stowe-Gullen (Herstory 1974)
Photo via the E.J. Pratt Library. Augusta Stowe-Gullen, only daughter of Emily Howard Stowe, entered the Toronto School of Medicine in 1879 and became (in 1883) the first woman to study and graduate in medicine from a Canadian university. When … Continue reading
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Tagged Augusta Stowe-Gullen, Canadian university, Emily Howard Stowe, National Council of Women., Ontario Legislature of Women, Toronto School Board, Toronto School of Medicine, Toronto Women's Enfranchisement Association, University of Toronto, WCTU, Woman's Medical College, women's suffrage
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