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Born Jennie Kidd Gowanlock in Wooden Mills , Kelso , Scotland , Jennie (whose name is variously spelled '"Jenny'") moved with her parents to Canada in 1847 , settling near Stratford , Ontario . She married Edward Trout in 1865 and thereafter moved to Toronto , where Edward ran a newspaper. Motivated by her own chronic illnesses, she decided on a medical career, passing her matriculation exam in 1871 and studied medicine at the University Of Toronto , later transferring to the Women's Medical College in Pennsylvania , where she earned her M.D. on March 11 , 1875 . Trout then opened the Therapeutic and Electrical Institute in Toronto, which specialized in treatments for women involving "galvanic baths or electricity." For six years, she also ran a free dispensary for the poor at the same location. The Institute was quite successful, later opening branches in Brantford and Hamilton , Ontario. Due to poor health, Trout retired in 1882 to Palma Sola , Florida . She was later instrumental in the establishment of a medical school for women at Queen's University in Kingston . Her family traveled extensively between Florida and Ontario, and later moved to Los Angeles , California , where she died in 1921. EXTERNAL LINKS
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