Elsie MacGill - Quotes

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Upon entering the engineering profession:

My presence in the University of Toronto's engineering classes in 1923 certainly turned a few heads.

Although I never learned to fly myself, I accompanied the pilots on all test flights – even the dangerous first flight – of any aircraft I worked on.

— Elsie MacGill, 1940,

MacGill 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.
— Elsie MacGill,

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