Isabel Janet Macneill, OC, OBE (4 June 1908 – 18 August 1990) was a Canadian Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service officer and public servant.
Appointed commander of the stone frigate HMCS Conestoga in 1943, Macneill was the first Canadian woman to command a naval establishment. [1]
After the Second World War, she became a prison superintendent.
References
- ^ "Isabel Macneill". The Canadian Encyclopedia. 28 December 2021.
Isabel Janet Macneill, OC, OBE (4 June 1908 – 18 August 1990) was a Canadian Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service officer and public servant.
Appointed commander of the stone frigate HMCS Conestoga in 1943, Macneill was the first Canadian woman to command a naval establishment. [1]
After the Second World War, she became a prison superintendent.
References
- ^ "Isabel Macneill". The Canadian Encyclopedia. 28 December 2021.