Queen of the Hurricanes, Crystal Sissons
Queen of the Hurricanes, Crystal Sissons
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Queen of the Hurricanes
The Fearless Elsie MacGill

Author: Crystal Sissons

Narrator: Dawn Harvey

Unabridged: 8 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 07/20/2020

Synopsis

Elsie MacGill achieved many firsts in science and engineering at a time when women were considered to be inferior in the sciences. In 1923, at the age of nineteen, she became the first woman to attend engineering classes at the University of Toronto. She was the first woman in North America to hold a degree in aeronautical engineering and the first woman aircraft designer in the world. As chief engineer for the Canadian Car and Foundry Company she oversaw the production of the Hawker Hurricane, and designed a series of modifications to equip the plain for cold weather flying. Her Maple Leaf trainer may still be the only plane ever to be completely designed by a woman. Elsie, a popular heroine of her time who inspired the comic book "Queen of the Hurricanes" in the 1940s, later became an influential feminist activist.See https://secondstorypress.ca/teachers-guides for supplementary materials.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jean on August 26, 2020

This is a biography of a most interesting woman, Elizabeth Muriel Gregory MacGill (1905-1980). She was the first woman to earn an aeronautical engineering degree and the first women to receive a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in Canada. She graduated from the University of Toronto. She w......more

Goodreads review by Norman on August 01, 2018

This book was not what I expected. I was interested in it because of Elsie MacGill's work during WWII in the production of Hawker Hurricane aircraft (referenced in the title). Most of the book, though, was about MacGill's influence in feminism, which was quite interesting. On reading the book, I enco......more

Goodreads review by Crystal on May 28, 2020

I needed to read this while doing an audio book proofing - a very unique experience. It took a bit to get used to having someone read me my own book, but I learned so much in the process. My star rating is not for me - but for the quality that the Dawn Harvey put into reading the first draft! I look......more

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