Mattie Rotenberg

Mattie "Bub" Rotenberg (née Levi; 1897–1989) was a Jewish Canadian woman who was the first woman and the first Jew to earn a PhD in physics from the University of Toronto in 1926. In 1945 she was awarded the Canadian Women's Press Club Memorial Award for her work in radio journalism. In 1947 she worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to cover sessions of the United Nations Status of Women Commission.

Early years Mattie Rotenberg was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Rotenberg's parents, Minnie Fleishman (1872–1933) and Paul Levi (1871–1942), immigrated to Canada from present-day Latvia and Russia, respectively. Rotenberg continued her work in the field as a physics demonstrator in the University of Toronto physics laboratory from 1941–1968.

Career Rotenberg became a journalist in 1930 when she joined The Jewish Standard as an editor for the column "As the Woman Sees It". Rotenberg continued in this role until 1966.