Hortense Canady died in 2010 at the age of 83. Not only was Hortense impressive in her own right, but her children have continued to blaze their own trails. Her daughter, Alexa Canady, is the first African American woman in the nation to be a neurosurgeon and served as the chief of neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital of Michigan from 1987 until her retirement in 2001. She devoted her brilliant mind and her numerous talents to healing and welfare for thousands of young patients over the course of her career and, like her mother, was inducted into the Michigan Women's hall of fame. (03:45–04:00)
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Asserts that Alexa Canady was the first African American woman neurosurgeon in the U.S. and served as chief of neurosurgery at the Children's Hospital of Michigan from 1987 to 2001.
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