Isabel Janet Macneill, OC,

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(4 June 1908 – 18 August 1990) was a Canadian

Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service The Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRCNS or "Wrens") was an element of the Royal Canadian Navy that was active during the Second World War and post-war as part of the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve until unification in 1968.http://esask.ureg ...

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.{{Cite web , date=28 December 2021 , title=Isabel Macneill , url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/isabel-macneill , website= The Canadian Encyclopedia After the Second World War, she became a prison superintendent.

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1908 births 1990 deaths Officers of the Order of Canada Canadian Officers of the Order of the British Empire Royal Canadian Navy officers Royal Canadian Navy personnel of World War II Canadian prison officials