| Changing the Pattern: The Story of Emily Stowe Contributor(s): Waxman, Sydell (Author), Potts, Linda (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0929141431 ISBN-13: 9780929141435 Publisher: Napoleon and Co OUR PRICE: $17.06 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1996 Annotation: When Emily Stowe was born in Ontario in 1831, every girl's life followed a set pattern. Regardless of her personality, intelligence or capabilities, her future was limited to housework and childcare. Emily Stowe was determined to change that pattern. This book shows how Emily Stowe became not only the first woman school principal and the first woman to practice medicine in Canada, but a pioneer in the fight for women's rights. With the help of original sketches and archival material, this book also creates a vivid picture of Canada in the late 1800s as it follows Emily's crusade to create new pattern's for girl's lives. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Women - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology |
| Dewey: 610.92 |
| Series: Stories of Canada |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 8.48" W x 9.78" (0.82 lbs) 72 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 64081 Reading Level: 6.2 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Emily Stowe was born in Ontario in 1831, every girl's life followed a set pattern. Regardless of her personality, intelligence, capabilities or creativity, her future was limited to housework and childcare. Emily Stowe was determined to change that pattern. Sydell Waxman, a writer, researcher and lecturer on women of the 1800s, tells of the events in the life of the young Emily Stowe which caused her to become, not only the first woman school principal and the first woman to practise medicine in Canada, but a pioneer in the fight for women's rights. With the help of original sketches and archival material, Changing the Pattern also creates a vivid picture of Canada in the late 1800s as it follows Emily's crusade to create new patterns for girls' lives. |