Elsie MacGill

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Order_of_Canada
gptkb:Canadian_Aviation_Hall_of_Fame
gptkbp:birthDate 1905-03-27
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Vancouver,_British_Columbia,_Canada
gptkbp:boardMemberOf gptkb:Royal_Commission_on_the_Status_of_Women_in_Canada
gptkbp:causeOfDeath natural causes
gptkbp:deathDate 1980-11-04
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts,_USA
gptkbp:education gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:University_of_Michigan
gptkb:University_of_Toronto
gptkbp:fieldOfWork aeronautical engineering
women's rights
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Elizabeth_Muriel_Gregory_MacGill
gptkbp:gender female
gptkbp:honor Canada Post commemorative stamp (2019)
Inductee, Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Elsie MacGill
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Helen_Gregory_MacGill
gptkbp:knownFor first woman in the world to earn an aeronautical engineering degree
first female aircraft designer
supervising production of Hawker Hurricane aircraft in Canada during WWII
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Canadian
gptkbp:notableWork Hawker Hurricane production
Maple Leaf Trainer II aircraft design
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:feminist
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Helen_Gregory_MacGill
gptkb:James_Henry_MacGill
gptkbp:signature Elsie MacGill signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:E._J._(Bill)_Soulsby
gptkb:William_Soulsby
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:Her_Daughter_the_Engineer_(NFB_documentary)
gptkb:Her_Daughter_the_Engineer_(biography)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Elsie
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5