Photograph taken from "Torontonensis," 1953 Standing, left to right: Beth Wade, Jane Timmins, Mary Macdonald, Margaret Walker, Carolyn Dobson, Shirley Roberts, Mickey Barnett Sitting, left to right: Daphne Walker, Jane Duff, June Hansford, Sally Wallace, Joan Mooney, Marion Capel, Heather Chipman
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.