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Photographer: Courtesy Molly Kool Centre, Alma, NB
Caption: Marker detail: Molly Kool
Additional Description: In 1939, Myrtle "Molly" Kool, became the first woman in North America, and the second in the world, to become a licensed deep sea captain. Born in nearby Alma, she captained the Jean K., a scow owned by her father. For five years she navigated the difficult and dangerous waters of the Bay of Fundy, as well as down the Eastern Seaboard to Boston and up the Petitcodiac to Moncton.
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En 1939, Myrtle « Molly » Kool devient la première femme en Amérique du Nord et la deuxième dans le monde à obtenir le diplôme de capitaine au long cours. Née à Alma au N.-B., elle commande le Jean K., une barge appartenant à son père, et navigue sur les eaux dangereuses de la baie de Fundy, le long de la côte est américaine jusqu'à Boston et vers Moncton en remontant la Petitcodiac.
Submitted: June 7, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p524915
File Size: 1.767 Megabytes

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