In 1884 Salter was appointed the first Lady Superintendent of women students at University College. She resigned in 1916 and died soon after in 1919.
Title
Annie Lewisa Laird
Date
[ca. 1930]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 20 cm
Description
Annie Laird and Clara Benson were the first women professors at the University. Professor Laird became the principal of Household Science.
Title
Clara Cynthia Benson
Date
1950
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
Benson, a chemist, received a PhD in 1903. Benson and Emma Baker were the first women to receive PhDs from the University. Benson belonged to the Faculty of Household Science from 1905 to 1945. Clara Benson, along with Annie Laird, were the first women professors at the University of Toronto.
Title
Pauline Emily Mills McGibbon
Date
[1971?]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
McGibbon was the first woman President of the University of Toronto Alumni Association and was also the first woman to be elected, in 1971, to the post of Chancellor at the University of Toronto. In 1974 she became Ontario's 22nd Lieutenant Governor, a post she held until 1980. In 1981 she was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. McGibbon died in December, 2001.
Title
Annie Lewisa Laird
Date
[ca. 1930]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 cm and 1 slide : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
Description
Annie Laird and Clara Benson were the first women professors at the University. Professor Laird became the principal of Household Science.
Title
Clara Cynthia Benson
Date
[ca. 1945]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11 cm
Description
Benson, a chemist, received a PhD in 1903. Benson and Emma Baker were the first women to receive PhDs from the University. Benson belonged to the Faculty of Household Science from 1905 to 1945. Clara Benson, along with Annie Laird, were the first women professors at the University of Toronto.
