Anna Isobel McPherson (1901–1979) was a Canadian physicist and the first female professor in the Department of Physics at McGill University.
[3] Her master's research project attempted to develop a new method to measure the dose of X-rays received in medical applications.
[6] After finishing her graduate studies, she returned to Montreal and repeatedly applied to and was rejected for a teaching position at McGill.
[1][3] While she was widely regarded as an excellent teacher, her heavy teaching load left little time for research, and her lack of publications meant she was never promoted to full professor.
[3] After her death, she donated a large sum of money to the university with the stipulation that it be used to support medical and physics reach at McGill.