Dr. Elizabeth Forbes Examining an X-ray Machine
![A black and white photo of a woman in a suit adjusting a piece of medical equipment.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/women-medical-research_femmes-recherche-medicale/wp-content/uploads/sites/142/2020/11/L-2943-Forbes.jpg)
Date: 1956.
Credit: The Miss Margaret Robins Archives of Women’s College Hospital, Photograph collection, L-02943. Photograph by Ballard and Jarrett.
Dr. Elizabeth Forbes was a leader in the field of radiology. In 1965 she became an Associate Professor of Radiology at the University of Toronto. In 1974 she was the first Canadian woman to receive a Fellowship with the American College of Radiology.