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Feb 10, 1878 Hensall, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Died on 26 Feb 1981 (aged 103)
Canadian physician and surgeon
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About Jennie Smillie Robertson
- Jennie Smillie Robertson (February 10, 1878 – February 26, 1981), known throughout her career as Jennie Smillie, was the first Canadian female surgeon and also performed the country's first major gynecological surgery.
- Born to farmers, she worked as a teacher to afford tuition for medical school before enrolling at the Ontario Medical College for Women which merged into the University of Toronto medical school during her time there.
- Due to a lack of options in Toronto, she completed her training in the United States.
- In 1911, she helped re-found her alma mater as today's Women's College Hospital after no Toronto hospital would let her perform surgery.
- She died at age 103.
