These students are at a party for women in engineering at Dean Ham's.
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
Red Cross Room, Library
Date
[191-]
Extent and medium
1 glass plate negative : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Description
Photo shows women working on sewing machines in the university library during World War I.
Title
Kay Riddell
Date
June 07, 1965
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
Riddell, director of the International Student Centre, stands in front of the Centre located in Cumberland House on St. George Street.
Title
Women's Intercollegiate Hockey Team, 1926
Date
1926
Extent and medium
1 halftone reproduction
Description
Photograph taken from "Torontonensis," 1926. Left to right: Dorothy McNaughton, Jessie Mooney, Eileen Ditchburn, Jerry Campbell (coach), Ruth Hazelwood, Doris Ross, Marion Hilliard and Nettie Hanson
Title
Varsity Ladies Hockey Team
Date
[ca. 1910]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 14 cm
Title
Clara Cynthia Benson
Date
1899
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 38 x 48 cm
Description
This photo was taken from a composite of the University of Toronto graduating class of 1899 when Clara Benson received her BA. 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 and Annie Laird were the first women professors at the University.
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 Brett Martin
Date
[189-?]
Extent and medium
1 slide : colour ; 35 mm
Description
Martin graduated from Trinity in 1890. In 1897 she graduated from Osgoode Law School and was admitted to the Bar, becoming Canada's first female lawyer.
Title
Esther Marjorie Hill
Date
1920
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
Graduation portrait of Hill. Hill received a B.A.Sc. in 1920 from the University of Toronto. She was Canada's first woman architect.
Title
Graduation procession including Esther Marjorie Hill
Date
1920
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm
Description
Hill received a B.A.Sc. in 1920 from the University of Toronto. She was Canada's first woman architect.
Title
Esther Marjorie Hill
Date
[192-]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 15 cm
Description
Studio portrait taken sometime between 1923 and 1928. Hill received a B.A.Sc. in 1920 from the University of Toronto. She was Canada's first woman architect.
Title
Esther Marjorie Hill
Date
[192-]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 25 cm
Description
Portrait taken sometime between 1923 to 1928 in Brooklyn, New York. Hill received a B.A.Sc. in 1920 from the University of Toronto. She was Canada's first woman architect.
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.
Title
Drum majorette and Physical Education student Hilkka Maria Filpula
Date
[ca. 1950]
Extent and medium
1 photograph: b&w
Title
Esther Marjorie Hill, graduation portrait
Date
1920
Extent and medium
1 photograph: sepia ; 7.5 x 14 cm
Description
Marjorie Hill received a B.A.Sc. in 1920 from the University of Toronto. She was Canada's first woman architect.
Title
Dr. Helen MacMurchy
Date
[ca. 1914]
Extent and medium
1 photoclipping : b&w ; 5 x 7.5 cm
Description
Portrait of Dr. Helen MacMurchy, taken from the Globe, April 28 1914. MacMurchy was one the first female graduates of Medicine (M.B. 1900) and internationally known in the field of child welfare.
Title
Public Health Nursing Class, Certificate Programme
Date
1927-1928
Extent and medium
1 photograph: b&w ; 24 x 19 cm
Title
The First Basic Diploma Graduates from the School of Nursing, 1936
Date
1936
Extent and medium
1 photograph: b&w ; 20 x 16 cm
Title
Library School Class, Ontario College of Education?, 1929-1930
