FIRST - Woman Sea Captain in North America
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member PeterNoG
N 45° 36.038 W 064° 56.685
20T E 348334 N 5051516
In May, 1939, Myrtle (Molly) Kool from Alma, N.B. became the First Woman Sea Captain in North America and second in the World. This monument is close to the docks in Alma, New Brunswick.
Waymark Code: WM8XWX
Location: New Brunswick, Canada
Date Posted: 05/28/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Zork V
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The first in the World was a woman from Russia who was became a Sea Captain just a few months before Molly.

~ text from one side of the marker ~
Canada
No. of Certificate (15092)
             Address of Bearer Alma, N.B.
             Date and Place of Birth 23rd February, 1916.  Alma, N.B.
             Signature Myrtle Kool


This Certificate is given upon an Examination
passed at Yarmouth, N.S.
on the 18th - 19th Day of April, 1939

Myrtle (Molly) Kool, daughter of Capt. Paul and Myrtle Kool,
was the First Woman SeaCaptian in North America and
Second in the World

Many ships were built on or near this site.
Erected 1991

~ text from the other side of the marker ~
Canada
By the Honourable The Minister of Transport
for the Dominion of Canada
Certificate of Competency
as
MASTER
of a - Cargo Steamship - in the Home Trade
To Myrtle Kool 
               Whereas it has been reported to me that you have been found
          duly qualified to fulfill the duties of a -  Cargo Steamship  - 
          in the Home Trade
               I do hereby in pursuance of the Canada Shipping Act. 1934
          grant you this Certificate of Competency
               Given under Seal of The Minister of Transport of
          Canada at Ottawa this  Twenty Fifth  day of  May 1939 

          registered
(seal)  R. K. Smith                    (seal)  C. D. Howe 
Deputy Minister of Transport             Minister of Transport
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group

Date of FIRST: 05/25/1939

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