Elsie MacGill Quotes

1905–1980 Canada

Elizabeth Muriel Gregory MacGill (March 27, 1905 – November 4, 1980) was a Canadian engineer and feminist activist who was the first woman in North America to earn an aeronautical engineering degree, the first female aircraft designer in the world, and the first Canadian woman to earn a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. She was described as the "Queen of the Hurricanes" for her work to produce the Hawker Hurricane aircraft in Canada during the Second World War.

Canada
Engineers
Scientists

Also known as: Elizabeth "Elsie" MacGill

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Management is more concerned with problems of work and costs than the social question of the sex of the engineer.]

I have received many engineering awards, but I hope I will also be remembered as an advocate for the rights of women and children.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Elsie MacGill (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.