![]() ![]() Meet Viola Desmond should be in libraries across Canada." - (Meet Viola Desmond) CM Magazine "The story is fast paced, with dramatic, emotion-filled scenes. The simple text and full-colour, comic-flavoured illustrations by Mike Deas bring this fascinating story to life! Written by award-winning author Elizabeth MacLeod, this portrait of Elsie MacGill is the first ever written for younger readers. ![]() Later in her life she was a champion of women's rights and her work shaped many of the protections we now enjoy. She battled back, and a storied engineering career followed, including being in charge of the tooling and manufacture of the famous Hawker Hurricane. Elsie went on to earn a master's in aeronautical engineering -but contracted polio the day before her convocation. Elsie was first woman to graduate from the University of Toronto's electrical engineering program. Elsie grew up fully expecting to follow her dreams. In this amazing addition to the Scholastic Canada Biography series, young Canadians will learn about the trailblazing Elsie MacGill, whose work on the Canadian-made Hawker Hurricane fighter helped the Allied forces to victory in World War II.Įlsie was born in 1905 to a mother who was a feminist pioneer in her own right. Meet Elsie MacGill - the world's first female aeronautical engineer! ![]()
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