= CANADIANS IN FLIGHT =
ELIZABETH 'ELSIE' MacGILL
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Single stamp from Miniature Sheet
 Canada 2019 #3171a
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     Celebrate Canada’s rich aviation history with this stamp honouring role model and trailblazer Elizabeth ‘Elsie’ MacGill,
 O.C. This stylish collectible, one in a set of five, is part of Canadians in Flight issue.
MacGill achieved several noteworthy Canadian and world firsts. She was the first women in Canada to earn a degree in electrical engineering 
and is thought to be the first woman in the world to hold a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering. She was recognized as the first female 
aeronautical engineer and professional aircraft designer in the world, and the first to work as a professional aircraft designer.
An influential adviser to the International Civil Aviation Organization, MacGill was later a driving force on the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada.
MacGill’s stamp is cancelled in her birthplace of Vancouver, British Columbia. The issue date of March 27, 2019, marks the 114th anniversary of her birth.

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