[First class of Nurses to graduate in Canada] - "The Mack Training School"
Date
[194-]
Extent and medium
1 lantern glass slide: b&w ; 8x8 cm
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.