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Portrait of Dr. Jessie Gray

A black and white portrait of a woman in glasses. A medical mask hangs on her neck.

Date: 196-.
Credit: The Miss Margaret Robins Archives of Women’s College Hospital, Photograph collection, L-00622. Photograph by Herbert L. McDonald.

Dr. Jessie Gray was called Canada’s “First Lady of Surgery.” She accomplished many firsts for women in the field of surgery. She proved that women could not only perform surgery but could excel as surgeons.