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Herstory 2015 preview: Centenarian Thelma Finlayson

Posted on July 25, 2014 by

Born in 1914, Thelma Finlayson is a retired entomologist living in Burnaby, B.C. She was the first woman to be hired at Dominion Institute for Biological Control, but when she married in 1940, government regulations restricting married women from public … Continue reading →

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