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Her Daughter the Engineer
Her Daughter the Engineer: The Life of Elsie Gregory MacGill | Richard I. Bourgeois-Doyle
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A former broadcaster and journalist, Bourgeois-Doyle (corporate governance, National Research Council of Canada) has contributed to numerous books, articles, TV features, and radio programs on science history. Here he offers general readers a biography of Elsie MacGill (1905-1980), the world's first female aeronautical engineer and professional aircraft designer. The daughter of suffragist judge Helen MacGill (1864-1947), she also served on Canada's Royal Commission on the Status of Women from its founding in 1967, to the issuance of its report in 1970, calling for a complete rethinking of attitudes and policies towards women in Canada, and subsequently traveled the country lobbying for implementation of the recommended changes.
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Read for #canada150. This is the only biography of Elsie MacGill that exists and it‘s not amazing but it was a great way to learn more about her. Her story is close to my heart as a fellow woman engineer. Love her apparent fearlessness, her persistence, her flexibility, and her eventual advocacy for all Canadian women. Still kinda sad she didn‘t make it onto our money.

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Forgive my immaturity but... *snicker*

batsy 😂 7y
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1. Pumpkin pie? #controversialopinion
2. Definitely sf
3. Used to be twitter, now I guess it must be goodreads (I am on an ongoing quest to reduce social media in my life)
4. Zero!
5. On my way!

@jess.how #friyayintro

batsy *whispers* Not a fan of pumpkin pie, either. Or pumpkin anything 😬 7y
twohectobooks @batsy *high five* 7y
Natasha.C.Barnes 🎃👎🏼 7y
xicanti Boo pumpkin pie! 7y
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Latest #canada150 read will probably be the last one of the year. Wish I‘d had more time for non-fiction this year, because I‘ve really enjoyed this project.

Of course, just because the sesquicentennial will be over, it doesn‘t mean I can‘t continue reading about Canada.

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#voicesonthewind Day 12: #aeroplanes

Elsie MacGill was the first female electrical engineering graduate in Canada and the first female aeronautical engineer in the world. Have had this biography of her on my #tbr for a while now!

@Maatje