Eliza Ritchie
Canadian suffragist and philosopher
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Dr. Eliza Ritchie was a prominent suffragist in Nova Scotia, Canada. Biography Ritchie was born on 20 May 1856 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was the daughter of John William Ritchie and Amelia Almon. She attended Dalhousie University and went on to earn her doctorate in German philosophy from Cornell University in 1889, becoming one of the first Canadian women to receive a PhD. She traveled to Leipzig, Germany, and Oxford, England to further her studies. She taught at a variety of universities in the United States before returning to Canada in 1899. Beginning in 1901 she lectured philosophy at Dalhousie University. She joined her sisters, Ella Almon and Mary Walcot, in social activism in Halifax. She was on the executive of the Local Council of Women of Halifax, and the Board of the Victoria School of Art. Ritchie worked with Agnes Dennis and Edith Archibald to further the cause of women's suffrage.
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