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Chemist Annie MacLeod becomes the first woman to earn a PhD at McGill.

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Harriet Brooks is the first woman to earn a Masters at McGill, and goes on to be a leading nuclear physicist.

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Lucy E. Potter becomes the first woman to head a student publication.

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The first B.A.s are awarded to women.

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Women are allowed to take classes, as a condition of Lord Strathcona’s $120,000 endowment to the University

[timeline_excerpt]Donald Smith (Lord Strathcona) was McGill’s chancellor from 1889 to his death in 1914 and one of the biggest donors in the history of the school. Perhaps most notably, in 1884, Smith made an endowment for $120,000, “on the condition that the standard of education for women should be the same as that for men […]

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Approaching bankruptcy, McGill withdraws a loan from the General Indian Trust Fund.

[timeline_excerpt]McGill was initially not a prestigious academic institution. The school’s infrastructure was decrepit, few courses were taught, and only a handful of degrees were conferred annually. Often instructors could not be compensated and resources like candles and fuel were scarce. These financial problems culminated in the 1850s when McGill buildings had to be evacuated due […]