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1901

Harriet Brooks: First woman to earn a master’s degree from McGill

Born in Exeter, Ontario, in 1876, Harriet Brooks entered McGill in 1894 at a time when women had been welcome at the University for less than a decade. In 1901, Brooks became the first woman to earn a master’s degree from McGill, and the first Canadian woman to receive a master’s in Electromagnetism.

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200 years of

Harriet Brooks: First woman to earn a master’s degree from McGill

McGill’s 200-year history is made of thousands of stories, events, and experiences. This timeline can present only a fraction of these stories, highlighted under the following themes:

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