Sheila A. Hellstrom

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Sheila A. Hellstrom (born ca. 1935) is a retired Canadian military officer from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. She was the first woman to graduate from Canadian Forces College, and the first woman Regular Force member to achieve the rank of Brigadier-General (1987).[1] Described as a “gutsy broad” in an official performance evaluation,[2] she joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1954,[3] after graduating from Mount Allison University.[4]

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  1. ^ "Military Leaders". Famous Canadian Women Famous Firsts. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  2. ^ Gillis, Wendy (5 July 2012). "Col. Tammy Harris takes over as first woman commander of CFB Borden". Toronto Star. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Canada Names Its First Woman General". The Associated Press. 27 January 1987. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Colonel from Ottawa named Canada's first woman general". Ottawa Citizen. 27 January 1987. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
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