Elizabeth Binmore
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Elizabeth Binmore was an educationist from Montreal whose notability comes from her career and her important personal firsts in education.
Binmore received her first higher education at the McGill Normal School from 1875 to 1878 this being the only public institution to offer instruction to English-speaking women of Montreal. She obtained three teaching diplomas during her time there and began a lifelong teaching career.
Education opportunities expanded for her in 1884 when McGill College
opened their arts faculty to women. She was part of their third class of women and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1890. Other graduates in that class included Maude Abbott
and Carrie Matilda Derick. She earned her Master of Arts
from McGill in 1894; sharing the honour of being the first woman to do so with one other lady. She received further post graduate education from Harvard University
. This work was not recognized with a further degree as Harvard was not awarding degrees to women at that time.
Binmore is credited with being an implementer in Montreal of Educational Sloyd
which was a leading edge manual educational innovation in the latter half of the nineteenth century. She held a number of important posts including the president of the Teachers’ Association of Montreal. She was the first woman to hold this post. She served on the executive of the Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers for a time. She was a longtime member of the Alumnae Society of McGill University and held important positions there including president and treasurer.
Binmore received her first higher education at the McGill Normal School from 1875 to 1878 this being the only public institution to offer instruction to English-speaking women of Montreal. She obtained three teaching diplomas during her time there and began a lifelong teaching career.
Education opportunities expanded for her in 1884 when McGill College
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
opened their arts faculty to women. She was part of their third class of women and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1890. Other graduates in that class included Maude Abbott
Maude Abbott
Maude Elizabeth Seymour Abbott was a Canadian doctor and was one of Canada's earliest female medical graduates and an expert on congenital heart disease....
and Carrie Matilda Derick. She earned her Master of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
from McGill in 1894; sharing the honour of being the first woman to do so with one other lady. She received further post graduate education from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. This work was not recognized with a further degree as Harvard was not awarding degrees to women at that time.
Binmore is credited with being an implementer in Montreal of Educational Sloyd
Sloyd
Sloyd , also known as Educational Sloyd, was a system of handicraft-based education started by Uno Cygnaeus in Finland in 1865...
which was a leading edge manual educational innovation in the latter half of the nineteenth century. She held a number of important posts including the president of the Teachers’ Association of Montreal. She was the first woman to hold this post. She served on the executive of the Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers for a time. She was a longtime member of the Alumnae Society of McGill University and held important positions there including president and treasurer.