Queen of the Hurricanes
Crystal Sissons
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.
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Author - Crystal Sissons.
Narrator - Dawn Harvey.
Published Date - Sunday, 14 January 2024.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Crystal Sissons
Dawn Harvey
A Feminist History Society Book
ECW Press
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
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. Author - Crystal Sissons. Narrator - Dawn Harvey. Published Date - Sunday, 14 January 2024.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:00:59
Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
Duration:00:13:54
Chapter 5
Duration:00:22:23
Chapter 6
Duration:00:29:16
Chapter 7
Duration:00:56:02
Chapter 8
Duration:00:50:07
Chapter 9
Duration:00:39:19
Chapter 10
Duration:00:42:53
Chapter 11
Duration:00:59:36
Chapter 12
Duration:00:49:17
Chapter 13
Duration:00:40:47
Chapter 14
Duration:00:27:58
Chapter 15
Duration:00:20:37
Chapter 16
Duration:00:16:40
Chapter 17
Duration:00:15:37
Chapter 18
Duration:00:04:19
Chapter 19
Duration:00:04:25
Chapter 20
Duration:00:15:43
Chapter 21
Duration:00:01:09
Chapter 22
Duration:00:00:43