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Ele Willoughby, PhD
Ele Willoughby, PhD
@minouette@spore.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Day 20 #artAdventCalendar my newest #womenInSTEM #linocut: trailblazing Canadian aeronautical engineer Elsie MacGill (1905 – 1980), born in Vancouver, became the first woman aeronautical engineer & professional aircraft designer in North America, & likely the world. She collaborated on many of Canada’s famous & innovative bush planes & aircraft components, was entirely responsible for Canada’s Maple Leaf Trainer II, 🧵

#printmaking #histsci #engineering #aviation #aeronautics #mastoArt

Lino block portrait of aeronautical engineer Elsie MacGill shows her from the shoulders up wearing a suit and glasses with wavy short hair back, with a Hawker Hurricane above her and several tiny ones flying in front of her as well as a Maple Leaf Trainer II airplane by her head. The print is made in an ink gradient of green at the top, followed by gold in the middle and green again at the bottom on cream coloured Japanese washi paper, 9.25” x 12.5”, numbered, titled “Elsie MacGill, Queen of the Hurricanes” and signed Ele Willoughby, 2025.
Lino block portrait of aeronautical engineer Elsie MacGill shows her from the shoulders up wearing a suit and glasses with wavy short hair back, with a Hawker Hurricane above her and several tiny ones flying in front of her as well as a Maple Leaf Trainer II airplane by her head. The print is made in an ink gradient of green at the top, followed by gold in the middle and green again at the bottom on cream coloured Japanese washi paper, 9.25” x 12.5”, numbered, titled “Elsie MacGill, Queen of the Hurricanes” and signed Ele Willoughby, 2025.
Lino block portrait of aeronautical engineer Elsie MacGill shows her from the shoulders up wearing a suit and glasses with wavy short hair back, with a Hawker Hurricane above her and several tiny ones flying in front of her as well as a Maple Leaf Trainer II airplane by her head. The print is made in an ink gradient of green at the top, followed by gold in the middle and green again at the bottom on cream coloured Japanese washi paper, 9.25” x 12.5”, numbered, titled “Elsie MacGill, Queen of the Hurricanes” and signed Ele Willoughby, 2025.
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