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
Eliza May Balmer
Date
[188-?]
Extent and medium
1 halftone : b&w ; 13 x 23 cm
Description
Balmer graduated from University College in 1886.
Title
Letitia Catherine Salter
Date
[191-?]
Extent and medium
1 halftone : b&w ; 15 x 23 cm
Description
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
Margaret Langley, May Bell Bald, and Ella Gardiner
Date
1885
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 40 x 49 cm
Description
Image part of the composite of the University College graduating class in Arts, 1885. These women were members of the first graduating class that included women.
Title
Women's Studies class
Date
March 04, 1975
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
Seminar held in Innis College and led by Ceta Ramkhalawansingh, back to camera.
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
Esther Marjorie Hill
Date
[194-?]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. or smaller. -
Description
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
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
Physical Health and Education swimmers
Date
[1958?]
Extent and medium
1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
Description
Left to right: Mary Rutherford, Jean Milkard, Norma Gant, Isabell Crary, and Maureen Finn from the Peterborough Swimming Club.
