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Elsie MacGill
The first woman in the world to design an aircraft, and a commissioner on the status of women.
Life story
- March 27, 1905 · Vancouver
Born in Vancouver, daughter of the first woman judge in British Columbia - 1929 · Michigan
Became the first woman anywhere to earn a degree in aeronautical engineering - 1938 · Fort William, Ontario
Designed the Maple Leaf Trainer II, the first aircraft designed by a woman - 1940 · Fort William, Ontario
Ran Hurricane fighter production at Canadian Car and Foundry, some 1,450 aircraft - 1967 · Ottawa
Appointed to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women - November 4, 1980 · Massachusetts
Died in Cambridge, Massachusetts