Jennie Trout was a 1875 graduate of Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. At the time, no Canadian medical schools admitted women, however Jennie Trout was one of two women admitted for one session at the Toronto School of medicine so the school could fullfill the country's medical requirements. In 1875, Dr. Trout became the first woman listed on the register as a licensed physician at Ontarios's College of Physicians and Surgeons