HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-10-06, Page 5Female medical students had to make fuss
by Marsha Boulton
TORONTO, 1871-- what
Canadian medical college allowed
women to attend medical lectures
only on the condition that they
agreed to not make a fuss?
This strange restriction was
placed,on two pioneering Canadian
women in the 1870s by the Toronto
School of Medicine. -
In fact, when Jennie Trout and
Emily Stowe managed to obtain
restricted permission to attend a
session of lectures at the School,
Canadian universities would not
allow women to study medicine.
Trout and Stowe persevered and
both of them ultimately were
instrumental in establishing medical
colleges for women.
The sessions Trout and Stowe
attended were virtually designed to
incite a "fuss". Pranksters place
body parts on the women's chairs
in the lecture hall and the male
students jeered the two women,
with the encouragement of most
professors.
Obnoxious sketches were drawn
on the walls of the lecture room
with such •frequency that the
classroom had to whitewashed four
times during that session!
Trout and Stowe endured all this
and more. The only evidence ap-
proaching a "fuss" occurred when
one lecturer who persisted in telling
sickening and smutty stories,
inspired Trout to admonish him to
desist or she would advise his wife
of exactly what he had said. Ap-
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parendy, this tactic was effective.
Jennie Trout and Emily Stowe
both grew up on Ontario farms. At
one point, they lived on the same
Toronto street. They became friends
and shared in discussions of
women's rights.
Stowe was a more aggressive
personality. In addition to becoming
the first Canadian to graduate from
a medical school, she also founded
Canada's first suffrage group,
which operated under the title of
the Toronto Women's Literary Club
for many years.
Trout was 10 years younger, and
preferred to avoid publicity. Like
Stowe, she completed her medical
studies in the United States, where
medical colleges for women were
first established in 1850.
Stowe graduated as a doctor in
1867, and Trout followed eight
years later, However, according to
an 1869 Act of Parliament,
graduates of American colleges
could only be licenced to practice
in Ontario if they attended a session
*of Canadian lectures and a
matriculation exam.
Emily Stowe chose to ignore the
licencing requirements. She prac-
tised openly and illegally for 13.
years. ,
Although she had qualified in her
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sessional studies, the feisty Stowe
may well have felt that she could
not tolerate the second indignity of
taking the oral section of the exam
before yet another group of hostile
men. She was 49 when her licence
was finally granted in 1880.
Trout, on the other hand, took the
exam immediately following her
graduation in 1875. When her hus-
band picked her up following the
oral exam, he was complimented on
having such a talented and
creditably intelligent wife. She
became the first Canadian woman
to be licenced to practise medicine,
however, when she died in 1921 the
Canadian Medical Journal did not
even record the fact.
- Emily Stowe. and Jennie Trout
confronted a system that was
designed to thwart their desires to
serve the physical needs of all
humanity and,using different tactics,
they both won.
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Identity Crisis
Canadians always have sought
to define what they think they have
got
Yet while others may sham
"I know who I am"
A Canadian says what he's not.
Honorable mention, Laura Gunn,
Hamilton.
Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, October 6, 1993 - Page 5
Thanks for help with CF
To the editor:
On Oct. 1, the Lucknow and
District Kinettes held another suc-
cessful toll booth for Cystic
Fibrosis (CF).
The generosity of Lucknow and
area residents was evident with a
total of $1311.50 collected in
donations for CF.
Cystic Fibrosis is a genetically
transmitted disease which takes the
lives of more Canadian children
than any other inherited disease.
The basis genetic defect responsible
for the condition causes the body's
glands to produce abnormally large
amounts of sticky mucous. This
mucous makes the lungs susceptible
to long lasting and severe infections
which can lead to ,pneumonia or
heart failure. This mucous also
plugs the tiny ducts of the pancreas,
an organ supplying the intestine
TO THE EDITOR
with chemicals called enzymes,
which are essential to the normal
digestion of food. Left untreated,
this complication can result in
severe weight loss, growth
problems and malnutrition. Ul-
timately cystic fibrosis is always
fatal. •
Kinsmen and Kinette clubs across
Canada raise funds to aid CF
research. We wish to thank
everyone for the support 'and
donations to help find a cure for
this fatal disease.
Sincerely,
Lucknow and District Kinettes.
Seniors' centre appreciates
support of communities
To the editor:
The Wingham and Area Seniors
Day Centre greatly appreciates the
continued, generous support of the
community,
In keeping with the principles of
independent living, Your days a
week the Centre provides a progres-
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to older adults and adults with
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donations, we receive revenues
form the Province of Ontario,
Huron County, client fees, and
numerous fundraising activities.
Again this year, due to financial
constraints, Bruce County will be
unable to provide the Centre with a
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