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Title
Arrangement structure
Item (linked) part of
Bilingual equivalent
Date(s)
1927
Place of creation
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Extent
1 photograph 31.5 x 22.7 cm.
Language of material
English
Conditions of access
Graphic (photo)
90: Open
To be viewed with the assistance of the
Portrait Gallery of Canada.
To be viewed with the assistance of the
Portrait Gallery of Canada.
Graphic (photo)
Copy negative PA-200745
Copy negative PA-200745
90: Open
Graphic (photo)
90: Open
Box
04177
04177
90: Open
Other accession no.
1983-237 NPC
Terms of use
Credit: Library and Archives Canada / a200745
Restrictions on use: Nil
Copyright: Expired
Additional information
She was the first woman to receive an electrical engineering degree in Canada (1927), the first woman in the world to hold a degree in aeronautical engineering (1929) and the world first female aircraft designer. Elsie MacGill was also active in women's rights issues and in 1967 was appointed to the Royal Commission on the Status of Women.
Her mother, Helen Gregory MacGill was the first female judge in British Columbia.
Series title
file: [82] - [105]
Exhibitions note
Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories 5. Curator: Michal Anne Crawley, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2001.01.22-2001.11.12.
Signatures and inscriptions
Inscribed, verso, top center in pencil: Elsie Gregory MacGill / Graduated from University of Toronto / in 1927, as Bachelor of Applied Science / in Electrical Engineering (B.A. Sc.) / 1st woman graduate in Canada
Graduated from University of Michigan / in 1929, as Master Science / in Aeronautical Engineering (M.S.E.) / 1st woman graduate in world.
Inscribed, recto, bottom right: To Mother and Father / with much love. / Elsie Gregory MacGill / 1927
Source
Private
Other system control no.
MIKAN no.
3195161
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