Amelia Yeomans

Amelia Yeomans (née Le Sueur; March 29, 1842 – April 22, 1913) was a Canadian physician and suffragist. She and her adult daughter Lilian B. Yeomans, M.D., were the first female physicians in Manitoba.

Early life and education Yeomans was born on March 29, 1842, in Quebec City, Canada East, to Peter Le Sueur and Barbara Dawson. Her father was a civil servant. She was privately educated. Le Sueur married Augustus A. Yeomans, a medical doctor, on October 16, 1860, in Quebec City. They had two daughters.

After Augustus's death in 1878, Amelia Yeomans, along with her daughter Lilian, decided to enter the medical profession.

Career

As physicians, Yeomans and her daughter frequently treated sex workers, homeless women, and others being held in the local jail. These experiences led Yeomans to write a pamphlet educating women about sexually transmitted diseases. The pamphlet was released by the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Yeomans played the premier, while other members, including Nellie Letitia Monney and Ella Cora Hind, presented pro and con arguments.

Yeomans served as the provincial president of the WCTU from 1896 to 1897.

Amelia Yeomans died on April 22, 1913, in Calgary.