UBC’s trailblazing biologist, Dr. Gertrude May Smith
Dr. Gertrude May Smith in 1926, the year she received her MA in biolology from UBC. Photo: Frederick Louis HackingUBC Science’s first female professor was unceremoniously let go during the Great Depression — but her contributions live on in the Beaty Biodiversity Museum collectionsBy Ildiko SzaboIf you open the Beaty Biodiversity Museum cabinet containing rough-skinned newt specimens, the jar...