Posts Tagged: Elsie MacGill

The Rise of Elsie MacGill

Elsie Gregory MacGill (ElecE 2T7) was the world’s first female aircraft designer and professional aeronautical engineer, helping to shape Canada into a powerhouse of the aeronautical industry during the Second World War. Yet these are just a few elements of her amazing life story

Women in engineering at U of T: A timeline

Note: The Ontario School of Practical Science, established in 1873 by order of Provincial Parliament, became the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at the University of Toronto in 1906. 1912: First female graduate from U of T Engineering Hildegarde E.…
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