Elsie Gregory MacGill: Engineer, Feminist and Advocate for Social Change

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  • Crystal Sissons Crystal Sissons, University of Ottawa, conducts research on women in engineering, women's history and the history of science, technology and engineering.

Abstract

Elsie Gregory MacGill was a strong advocate for social change, and as a pioneering Canadian engineer and a feminist, her actions as a social activist during the 1960s and 1970s were influenced by and reflect this dual identity. Her actions also call into question the assumption that engineering and feminism are an unlikely combination. Résumé Elsie Gregory MacGill était une grande porte-parole pour le changement social, et en tant qu’ ingénieure canadienne pionnière et féministe, ses actions d’activiste sociale durant les années 60 et les années 70 ont été influencées et reflètent cette dualité d’identité. Ses actions mettent aussi en question la supposition que l’ingénierie et le féminisme sont une combinaison improbable.

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2009-06-01

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