Elizabeth Muriel Gregory MacGill1905-1980
...mportant Canadian. She has had a great influence and contribution to the advances in Canadian aviation. She was head of all the production of Hawker Hurricane Aircrafts during World War II. She has won many awards; she was a woman’s rights activist and she has been awarded the Officer of the Order of Canada in 1971 and elected to Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame in 1983. She directed the productions of Hawker Hurricane aircrafts during World War II. Her staff consisted of 4,500 people and they produced more than 2,000 aircraft during the war. After the war she became a part of the U.N. International Civil Aviation Organization, she helped draft designs for the production of commercial planes. Elizabeth was very involved in women’s organizations and in the suffrage movement. She also liked to be recognized not only by her engineering skill, but also by her role in the women’s rights movement. She once said "I have received many engineering awards, but I hope I will also be remembered as an advocate for the rights of women and children." She was a brilliant woman with an imaginative mind that can crea...