Florence Violet McKenzie
Australian electrical engineer
Born on: September 28, 1890Died on: May 23, 1982
Aged: 91 years 237 days (1099 months)
Birth Sign: Libra
Florence Violet McKenzie, affectionately known as "Mrs Mac", was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC) and lifelong promoter for technical education for women.
She campaigned successfully to have some of her female trainees accepted into the all-male Navy, thereby originating the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS).
Some 12,000 servicemen passed through her signal instruction school in Sydney, acquiring skill in Morse code and visual signalling.
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