<P> Elizabeth Muriel Gregory `` Elsie '' MacGill , OC ( March 27 , 1905 -- November 4 , 1980 ) , known as the `` Queen of the Hurricanes '' , was likely the world 's first woman to earn an aeronautical engineering degree and was the first woman in Canada to receive a bachelor 's degree in electrical engineering . She worked as an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War and did much to make Canada a powerhouse of aircraft construction during her years at Canadian Car and Foundry ( CC&F ) in Fort William , Ontario . After her work at CC&F she ran a successful consulting business . Between 1967 -- 1970 she was a commissioner on the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada , published in 1970 . </P>
<P> Elizabeth Muriel Gregory `` Elsie '' MacGill , OC ( March 27 , 1905 -- November 4 , 1980 ) , known as the `` Queen of the Hurricanes '' , was likely the world 's first woman to earn an aeronautical engineering degree and was the first woman in Canada to receive a bachelor 's degree in electrical engineering . She worked as an aeronautical engineer during the Second World War and did much to make Canada a powerhouse of aircraft construction during her years at Canadian Car and Foundry ( CC&F ) in Fort William , Ontario . After her work at CC&F she ran a successful consulting business . Between 1967 -- 1970 she was a commissioner on the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada , published in 1970 . </P>
aircraft designer known as the queen of hurricanes
aircraft designer known as the queen of hurricanes
Elizabeth Muriel Gregory `` Elsie '' MacGill
Elizabeth Muriel Gregory `` Elsie '' MacGill