Gullen, Augusta Stowe (1857–1943)
Gullen, Augusta Stowe (1857–1943)
Canadian physician. Name variations: Augusta Stowe. Born Augusta Stowe, July 27, 1857, in Mount Pleasant, Ontario, Canada; died Sept 25, 1943, in Toronto, Canada; dau. of Emily Jennings Stowe (1831–1903, 1st Canadian woman to practice medicine in Canada) and John Stowe; m. John Benjamin Gullen (physician), 1883.
The 1st female physician to graduate from a Canadian University (Victoria College in Coburg, Canada, 1883), worked as an anatomy demonstrator, as a professor of pediatrics (1900–06), and as the only female staff member at Woman's Medical College in Toronto; ran a private home medical practice in Toronto; delivered the 1st child born at Western Hospital (1896), which was cofounded by her husband in Toronto; created the Women's Board of Western Hospital to improve the hospital's resources; appointed the University of Toronto Senate's Medical Professional Representative (1910). As an active suffragist, followed mother's footsteps and served as the Dominion Women's Enfranchisement Association President (1903–07) and later as a president of its successor, the Canadian Suffrage Association (1907–11).