Retta Gifford
Mary Alfretta Gifford Kilborn | |
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| Born | Mary Alfretta Gifford 1863 or 1864 Meaford, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | 1 December 1942 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupations | Physician, medical missionary |
| Spouse | Omar Leslie Kilborn |
| Children | Leslie Gifford Kilborn and others |
Mary Alfretta "Retta" Gifford Kilborn (1863 or 1864 – 1 December 1942) was a Canadian physician and medical missionary who served in Sichuan (then Szechwan), China, from 1893 until her retirement in the early 1930s. She was the first medical woman appointed to the Canadian Methodist West China Mission and founded a hospital for women in Chengdu, later known as Renji Hospital (仁济医院). She also served on the faculty of West China Union University.