<P> The cause of women 's suffrage began in 1867 , Canadian Confederation year , when Dr. Emily Stowe came to Toronto to practise medicine . She was the first , and for many years the sole woman physician in Canada . Stowe , vitally interested in all matters relating to women , at once came before the public as a lecturer upon topics then somewhat new , `` Woman 's Sphere '' and `` Women in the Professions , '' being her subjects . She lectured not only in Toronto , but , under the auspices of various Mechanics ' Institutes , in Ottawa , Whitby , and Bradford . After attending a meeting of the American Society for the Advancement of Women , in Cleveland in 1877 , and meeting many women of the United States , Stowe , on returning home , felt that the time had arrived for some similar union among Canadian women . Talking it over with her friend , Helen Archibald , they decided that it would not be politic to attempt at once a suffrage association but , in November 1877 , organized what was known as `` The Toronto Woman 's Literary Club '' . </P>
<P> The cause of women 's suffrage began in 1867 , Canadian Confederation year , when Dr. Emily Stowe came to Toronto to practise medicine . She was the first , and for many years the sole woman physician in Canada . Stowe , vitally interested in all matters relating to women , at once came before the public as a lecturer upon topics then somewhat new , `` Woman 's Sphere '' and `` Women in the Professions , '' being her subjects . She lectured not only in Toronto , but , under the auspices of various Mechanics ' Institutes , in Ottawa , Whitby , and Bradford . After attending a meeting of the American Society for the Advancement of Women , in Cleveland in 1877 , and meeting many women of the United States , Stowe , on returning home , felt that the time had arrived for some similar union among Canadian women . Talking it over with her friend , Helen Archibald , they decided that it would not be politic to attempt at once a suffrage association but , in November 1877 , organized what was known as `` The Toronto Woman 's Literary Club '' . </P>
when did the suffrage movement began in canada
when did the suffrage movement began in canada
1867
1867