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Sarah Anne Curzon née Vincent (1833 – November 6, 1898) was a Canadian poet, journalist, editor, and playwright who was one of "the first women's rights activists and supporters of liberal feminism" in Canada.〔Kym Bird, "(Curzon, Sarah Anne )," ''Canadian Encyclopedia'' (Edmonton: Hurtig), Dominion Institute, Web, May 5, 2011.〕 During her lifetime she was best known for her closet drama, ''Laura Secord: The Heroine of 1812'', "one of the works that made Laura Secord a household name."〔Lorraine McMullen, "(Vincent, Sarah Anne (Curzon) )", Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online, Web, May 5, 2011.〕 ==Life== She was born Sarah Anne Vincent in Birmingham, England, the daughter of George Philips Vincent, a wealthy glass manufacturer, and his wife.〔 As a girl she was educated by tutors and at private girls' schools, and contributed prose and verse to English magazines, notably London's ''Leisure Hour''.〔 She married Robert Curzon in 1858, and the couple came to Canada between 1862 and 1864.〔 Sarah Anne Curzon was a lifelong feminist. She was a founding member in November 1876 of the Toronto Women's Literary Club, which was based on the model of the American Society for the Advancement of Women.〔Rota Herzberg Lister, "(Sarah Anne Curzon Biography )," ''Encyclopedia of Literature,'' 7656, JRank.org, Web, May 5, 2011.〕 The club, whose founders also included Emily Stowe, "focused on advancing women’s rights, as well as literacy."〔 Also in 1876 Curzon wrote what she called "Canada's first feminist play," the historical drama ''Laura Secord,'' but she could not get it published until 1887.〔 Curzon published "verse, essays, and fiction () the ''Canadian Monthly'', the ''Dominion Illustrated, Grip, The Week, Evangelical Churchman'', and the ''Canadian Magazine''. She also published women's-suffrage articles in British and American newspapers."〔 She was "a pioneer in educating readers ... about female suffrage, property rights equal to men and access to higher education for women."〔 She was a founding member of the Toronto Suffrage Association and its successor, the Dominion Women’s Enfranchisement Association, for which she also served as the recording secretary.〔"(Sarah Anne Curzon )," Literary Encyclopedia, Web, May 6, 2011.〕 In 1881 she became the associate editor of the ''Canada Citizen'', Canada's first prohibitionist paper, where she wrote a regular column on women's issues. ''The Canada Citizen'' boasted the first women's page to cover the issues of women's suffrage and access to postsecondary education.〔 In 1882, Curzon wrote a closet drama in blank verse, ''The Sweet Girl Graduate'', which "mocked the idea that women were not intelligent enough to study at the university level."〔"(Sarah Anne Curzon )," Cabbagetown Preservation Association, CabbagetownPeople.ca, Web, May 5, 2011.〕 The one-act vignette was solicited by John Wilson Bengough, editor of the satirical magazine ''Grip'', and printed in its first annual ''The Grip-Sack''.〔 It deals with a woman who poses as a man to get a higher education, and graduates with top honors. It may have inspired the attempt by Emma Stanton Mellish six months later to enroll in Trinity College under a male name.〔 It likely helped provoke the provincial Order in Council of October 2, 1884, that admitted women to University College.〔 Curzon supported the efforts of Dr. Emily Stowe to found the Women’s Medical College in Toronto (now Women's College Hospital), which opened in 1883.〔 Curzon suffered from Bright's Disease, and in 1884 she had to leave her position at ''The Canada Citizen'' due to complications related to the disease.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sarah Anne Curzon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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