Jennie Smillie Robertson

Jennie Smillie Robertson
Born	(1878-02-10)February 10, 1878 Hensall, Ontario, Canada
Died	February 26, 1981(1981-02-26) (aged 103) Toronto, Canada
Resting place	Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Education	Ontario Medical College for Women (merged into University of Toronto)
Occupation(s)	Physician and surgeon
Employer(s)	Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania, Women's College Hospital
Known for	First female surgeon in Canada
Spouse	Alex Robertson ​ ​ (m. 1948; died 1958)​

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.