. ▁degree ▁in ▁Econom ics ▁and ▁for ▁the ▁Di pl oma ▁in ▁Engineering . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁the ▁Academ ic ▁Council ▁of ▁King ' s ▁College ▁recommended ▁that ▁she ▁be ▁appointed ▁a ▁Re ader ▁of ▁the ▁University , ▁but , ▁ow ing ▁to ▁delay ▁caused ▁by ▁the ▁war , ▁the ▁Read ership ▁was ▁not ▁con ferred ▁by ▁the ▁Senate ▁until ▁January ▁ 1 9 1 9 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁Williams ▁was ▁appointed ▁to ▁the ▁newly ▁created ▁post ▁of ▁Professor ▁of ▁French ▁Language ▁and ▁Liter ature ▁in ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Modern ▁L anguages ▁at ▁University ▁College ▁Sw anse a , ▁an ▁early ▁example ▁of ▁a ▁woman ▁ach ieving ▁a ▁professor ial ▁title . ▁This ▁was ▁despite ▁some ▁opposition ▁from ▁established ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁College ▁Council , ▁in ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁gender ▁inequality . ▁ ▁In ▁fact , ▁one ▁of ▁her ▁prominent ▁contemporary ▁supp or ters ▁Victor ▁S pi ers ▁said , ▁" She ▁poss esses ▁in ▁an ▁aston ishing ▁degree ▁in ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁grasp ing ▁detail , ▁without ▁losing ▁the ▁due ▁sense ▁of ▁proportion ▁- ▁as ▁women ▁are ▁apt ▁to ▁do ▁- ▁in ▁fact ▁hers ▁is ▁a ▁man ’ s ▁mind ▁in ▁the ▁best ▁sense ▁of ▁the ▁word ". ▁With ▁Williams ▁at ▁the ▁hel m , ▁modern ▁language ▁studies ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁th rive ▁and ▁grow ▁into ▁a ▁separate ▁German ▁department ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 2 . ▁Williams ▁continued ▁to ▁occup y ▁the ▁Chair ▁of ▁French ▁until ▁ 1 9 4 8 .