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Mar 27, 1905 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Died on 04 Nov 1980 (aged 75)
first female aircraft designer
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About Elsie Macgill
- Elizabeth Muriel Gregory "Elsie" MacGill, OC (March 27, 1905 – November 4, 1980), known as the "Queen of the Hurricanes", was likely the world's first woman to earn an aeronautical engineering degree and was the first woman in Canada to receive a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
- She worked as an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War and did much to make Canada a powerhouse of aircraft construction during her years at Canadian Car and Foundry (CC&F) in Fort William, Ontario.
- After her work at CC&F she ran a successful consulting business.
- Between 1967–1970 she was a commissioner on the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada, published in 1970.
