Kingston experts examine role of women in medicine on International Women’s Day
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Celebrating International Women's Day by taking a look at women in the medical field and a Kingston connection to Canada's first female medical doctor
In the West Wing of Kingston City Hall the Kingston Women’s Medical College was established in 1883.
It was funded in part by Dr. Jenny Trout, the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada.
Medical historian Dr. Jenna Healey says it was important to Trout that women had an opportunity to be trained in the medical field
“She had briefly attended the University of Toronto, where she had a very negative experience going to school with men,” said Dr. Healey.
The college ran for 11 years, with female students studying in a segregated environment, separate from their male counterparts.
“Even then, these attitudes persist that women don’t belong in medicine or that they deserve sort of limited spots,” said Dr. Healey.
“We have evidence that there were quotas for the number of women who were admitted to school. So some of the barriers to women persisted long into the 20th century,” she added.
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