Broadway - Assiniboine in Winnipeg, Manitoba — Canada’s Prairie Region (North America)
Dr. Amelia Yeomans / Le Docteur Amelia Yeomans
1842-1913
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 15, 2022
1. Dr. Amelia Yeomans Marker (English)
Born in Lower Canada, she obtained her medical degree at Michigan State University in 1883 and joined her daughter, Dr. Lillian Yeomans, in Winnipeg later that year. Her practice of social medicine among the city's deprived population led her to campaign for much needed reforms to extend social justice. She served as provincial president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in 1896-7.
Yeomans' devotion to the temperance movement motivated her to participate with a group of Manitoba women in the formation of the Equal Franchise Association in 1894. Her activities during the 1880s and 90s paved the way for the success of others in the early decades of the twentieth century.
She died in Calgary, Alberta.
Elle naquit dans le Bas-Canada et obtient son diplôme en médecine
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En 1894 son dévouement à la cause de la tempérance l’incita à se joindre à un groupe de manitobaines pour former l’"Equal Franchise Association." Son œuvre de pionnier a permis à d’autres personnes de voir leurs efforts couronnés de succès au cours des premières décennies du 20e siècle.
Elle est décédée à Calgary (Alberta).
Erected by Historic Sites Advisory Board of Manitoba.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Civil Rights • Science & Medicine • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1883.
Location. 49° 53.252′ N, 97° 8.437′ W. Marker is in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is in Broadway - Assiniboine. Marker is on Broadway (Trans-Canada Highway) (Provincial Highway 1) just west of Donald Street, on the left when traveling west. Marker is located in the Broadway median, just west of Donald Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Winnipeg MB R3C 0T9, Canada. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 15, 2022
2. Le Docteur Amelia Yeomans Marker (Français)
More about this marker. Marker consists of two panels, with English transcription on the right panel and French transcription on the left.
Also see . . .
1. Dr. Amelia Yeomans.
Amelia Yeomans was a prominent figure in the early struggles for temperance and women's suffrage in Manitoba. Yeomans' experiences in the North End led her to expand her activities beyond the simple practise of medicine. She became an advocate of "social medicine" linking issues of public health and social justice. She toured factories, prisons, and slums to treat the deprived, and used her contact with E. Cora Hind, an editor with the Manitoba Free Press to publicize(Submitted on April 20, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)the plight of the poor. In time, she became a vocal advocate for the dispossessed, campaigning for better housing, better wages and working conditions (especially for female employees), and better treatment of non-English immigrants.Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 15, 20223. Dr. Amelia Yeomans Marker (English)
2. Amelia Yeomans.
In 1860, when she was 18, Amelia married Dr. Augustus A. Yeomans, an assistant surgeon in the United States Army originally from Madoc, Upper Canada. The couple had two daughters, Lillian and Charlotte. When Augustus passed away in 1878, Lillian decided to follow in her father’s footsteps and pursue a career in medicine. Since Canadian universities did not admit female medical students at the time, she enrolled in the University of Michigan’s School of Medicine in Ann Arbor. Amelia accompanied her daughter the following year, as a medical student herself. They faced a great deal of hostility as women in a primarily male domain and had to endure harassment from their fellow students, who saw Lillian and Amelia as interlopers.(Submitted on April 20, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
3. Amelia LeSueur Yeomans.
Amelia became an active practitioner of “social medicine” in the city’s tenement districts, speaking out for better working(Submitted on April 20, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)conditions, housing reform, and the eradication of venereal disease through an ending of prostitution. She quickly came to see alcohol as the symbol of the deterioration of society, becoming a leader of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and its President (1896-1897). Reform would not be possible without the enfranchisement of women, she believed. She thus acted the part of Premier in the mock parliament organized by the WCTU in 1893 and helped demonstrate in favour of the suffrage in 1894, subsequently leading in the founding of the Equal Franchise Association, which was committed to empowering women.Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 15, 20224. Le Docteur Amelia Yeomans Marker (Français)
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 15, 2022
5. Dr. Amelia Yeomans / Le Docteur Amelia Yeomans Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 20, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 52 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 20, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
