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About Dr. Elizabeth Shortt
Smith-Shortt, Elizabeth Elizabeth Smith-Shortt, née Smith, physician, feminist (b at Winona, Canada W 18 Jan 1859; d at Ottawa 14 Jan 1949). She belonged to the prosperous LOYALIST family that founded the E.D. Smith preserves company. After teaching for a short time she almost single-handedly stimulated Queen's to introduce medical coeducation. After Elizabeth and others were forced out of medical school by jealous male students, the Canadian Women's Medical Coll was opened in fall 1883. Next year 3 women graduated and Dr Elizabeth Smith entered general practice in Hamilton, Ont. In 1886 she married Queen's professor Adam Shortt and returned to Kingston as a lecturer and later professor in medical jurisprudence in the Women's Medical Coll. Thereafter she became an enthusiastic champion of women's rights. When her husband became Canada's first civil service commissioner in Ottawa, Elizabeth battled unsuccessfully for numerous women's causes which led to her election as VP of the National Council of Women.
Dr. Elizabeth Shortt's Timeline
1859 |
January 18, 1859
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Hamilton, Hamilton Division, Ontario, Canada
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1889 |
March 14, 1889
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March 14, 1889
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1893 |
September 23, 1893
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September 28, 1893
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July 29, 1897
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July 29, 1897
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1949 |
January 14, 1949
Age 89
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Ottawa, Ottawa Division, Ontario, Canada
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Stoney Creek Cemetery, Hamilton, Hamilton Division, Ontario, Canada
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