A Tribute to Fern Blodgett Sunde (1918-1991):First female radio operator (“Sparks”) to go to sea...

Fern Blodgett Sunde (1918-1991) grew up in Cobourg, with a dream of sailing the high seas. Determined to serve Canada when WWII broke out, she became the first Canadian woman to graduate with a professional wireless radio operator’s certificate, and the first woman ever to work deep sea as a ship’s radio operator (“Sparks”)....

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Thanks to Mike, VE9MTV for submitting this story.