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| Picture No | 11108454 |
| Date | 1927 |
| Description | Dame Rachel Crowdy |
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Dame Rachel Crowdy (1884-1964) trained as a nurse and served as Principal Commandant for the VADS (Voluntary Aid Detachments) to the Territorial Army during the First World War. She received the Royal Red Cross and after the war was recognised for her work with a Damehood. She was also appointed Chief of the Social Questions and Opium Traffic Section at the League of Nations, the only woman to head a department at the League.
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| Source | Unattributed photograph in The Illustrated London News, 30th April 1927, page 784 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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