Nellie Greenwood Andrews
A sepia-toned photograph of a white woman with dark hair, parted center and curling on the sides; she is wearing a high-collared blouse with elaborate lace and embroidery in the yoke
Nellie Greenwood (later Andrews) in the 1880s
Born
Nellie Cora Greenwood

April 21, 1864
Farmington, Maine, U.S.
DiedFebruary 19, 1958
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Other namesMrs. W. W. Andrews
Occupation(s)Educator, clubwoman

Nellie Cora Greenwood Andrews (April 21, 1864 – 1958) was an American-born Canadian educator, suffragist, temperance worker, and clubwoman. She was also the first woman student to enroll in Victoria College in Ontario, the third woman to graduate from college in Canada (after Grace Annie Lockhart in 1875 and Harriet Starr Stewart in 1882),[1] and the first woman in Canada to earn a Bachelor of Science degree, in 1884.

Early life and education

Nellie Cora Greenwood was born in Farmington, Maine, the daughter of Cyprian Stevens Greenwood and Esther Elizabeth Butterfield Greenwood. She graduated from Victoria College in Toronto in 1884,[2] as the first woman student enrolled at the school, the second woman to graduate from a Canadian college, and the first woman in Canada to earn a Bachelor of Science degree.[3][4][5] In 1910, she was a special guest for an event at Victoria College, marking the 30th anniversary of her admission, and thus of the admission of women to the school.[6]

Career

Greenwood was a schoolteacher before she married in 1887. She taught botany and drawing at Peterborough Collegiate Institute from 1892 to 1894, and she taught mathematics and astronomy at Mount Allison College in New Brunswick for two years.[2]

Her husband became the first president of Regina College in 1911.[7] From 1912 to 1917, Nellie Andrews was president of the Saskatchewan Women's Christian Temperance Union. She also worked for women's suffrage, as chair of the first Provincial Equal Franchise Board. She addressed the provincial legislature on suffrage in 1915.[4] She was elected to the Regina Collegiate Board in 1921, and was founding president of the University Women's Club of Regina.[8][9]

Personal life

Greenwood married Wilbur William Andrews in 1887; they had three children, Mabel, Herbert,[10] and Elizabeth. Her husband was a Methodist clergyman, professor, and agriculturist; he died in 1922.[4][11] Andrews died in 1958, at the age of 93, in Regina.[12] There is a manuscript of her reminiscences in the Victoria University Student Collection.[13] In 1992, the Regina Plains Museum included Andrews among notable local women in a display for Canada 125.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Belliveau, Renée. "Allisonian Firsts: Harriet Starr Stewart". Mount Allison University Libraries. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. 1 2 Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915. American commonwealth Company. 1914.
  3. ↑ Kalamakoff, Elizabeth, "Nellie Greenwood Andrews" The Encyclopedia of Saskathewan.
  4. 1 2 3 Creese, Mary R. S.; Creese, Thomas M. (2010-02-08). Ladies in the Laboratory III: South African, Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian Women in Science: Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries. Scarecrow Press. p. 184. ISBN 978-0-8108-7289-9.
  5. ↑ "Regina Woman Received First Degree in Science". The Sault Star. 1930-06-11. p. 12. Retrieved 2023-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ O'Grady, Jean (2001). Margaret Addison: A Biography. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-7735-2152-0.
  7. ↑ Pitsula, James M. (2006-04-04). As One Who Serves: The Making of the University of Regina. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-7735-7579-0.
  8. ↑ Pitsula, James (2011). Honouring Our Past, Embracing Our Future: Celebrating a Century of Excellence in Education at the University of Regina Campus. University of Regina Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-88977-243-4.
  9. ↑ Dodd, Dianne (2020-04-21). Our 100 Years: The Canadian Federation of University Women. Second Story Press. ISBN 978-1-77260-128-2.
  10. ↑ "Dr. Herb & Lenore Andrews Biography". Dr. C. H. & Lenore Andrews Virtual Museum, Prince Albert Historical Society. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  11. ↑ "Today Sees Funeral of Dr. Andrews". Saskatoon Daily Star. 1922-08-08. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Mrs. W. W. Andrews Dies in Regina". Star-Phoenix. 1958-02-21. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Nellie Greenwood (F2190-10)". Victoria University Archives. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  14. ↑ "Plains Museum honors notable women". The Leader-Post. 1992-10-08. p. 36. Retrieved 2023-07-15 – via Newspapers.com.
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