Dr. Jenny Trout (1841-1921)

Photos by contributor Colin Old - Posted January, 2012

Plaque Location

The County of Frontenac
The City of Kingston
Mounted on the wall of the left staircase between the 2nd and 3rd floors of Kingston City Hall on Ontario Street at Brock Street

Coordinates: N 44 13.799 W 76 28.839

Plaque Text

In 1875 Jenny Trout became the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada. Made famous by the event, Dr. Trout was a role model for women. She encouraged them through public lectures, private financial support, tutoring and counselling to follow her profession. The prejudice Dr. Trout faced in obtaining her own degree convinced her to advocate a separate medical college for women. Funded in part by Dr. Trout, the Kingston Women's Medical College, opened here in 1883, provided a segregated environment for study, and helped women overcome restrictions imposed by a male profession.

Related Toronto plaque
Dr. Emily Stowe (1831-1903)

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