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The City of Toledo was founded in 1833. After the 1845 completion of the Miami and Erie Canal, Toledo grew quickly with the first of many, to come, glass manufacturers arriving in the 1880s, eventually earning Toledo its nickname: “The Glass City” and its motto is: “To Work is to Pray”.
Toledo was home to Ella Nora Phillips Stewart (March 6, 1893 – November 27, 1987). She was one of the first African American female pharmacists in the United States. She lived and worked in Toledo. Her career began in Pittsburgh.
In Pittsburgh, Stewart began working in a local pharmacy as a bookkeeper, and her job sparked in her an interest in becoming a pharmacist. Despite the challenges she faced both as a woman and as an African American, she gained admittance to the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy in 1914.
Ella Stewart completed her degree in pharmaceutical chemistry (Ph.C.) in 1916, becoming the first Black woman to graduate from Pitt’s pharmacy program. In the same year, Stewart passed the state examination becoming the states very first African American female pharmacist in the state of Pennsylvania and one of the first African American female pharmacists in the United States.
In 1918 she established her own business, Myers Pharmacy. Moving to Toledo, Ohio, Ella and William Stewart opened Stewarts’ Pharmacy, located at the corner of Indiana and City Park Avenues (566 Indiana Avenue), in Toledo, in July 1922, and operated it until 1945, when they sold the business.
Toledo has since become a city with a distinctive and growing art community, auto assembly businesses, education, thriving healthcare, retail businesses and well-supported local sports teams. Downtown Toledo has been subject to major revitalization efforts, allowing a bustling entertainment district.
Today, Toledo embraces cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, and equity as a growing vibrant education-oriented community with affordable housing and plenty of available retail space for new businesses. As a business-friendly community, Toledo welcomes all culturally inspiring residents and value-based businesses.
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