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Born: 3 Mar. 1884 – London, England.
Nationality: British.
Career in Secretariat: 10 Oct. 1919: Member of Section A – Health Section till 1 Aug. 1922 and afterwards as Chief of Section “Social Questions & Opium Traffic”.
Left Secretariat: 14 Jan. 1931.
Later Career: Ministry of Information as Regions’ Adviser in London.
Chronology of Rachel Crowdy’s Activities After Leaving The League: 1930: Appointed as assessor to Advisory Committee for the Protection of Women and Young Persons,
Delegate to Conference on Pacific Affairs, Honolulu;
1931: Made a Commander of Order of Alphonse XII, by the Spanish government, for services of outstanding value in the international field of social reform,
Women delegate on the British Delegation to the Conference on Pacific Relations, Shanghai;
1934: Delegate to International Red Cross Conference, Toyko;
1935-1936: Member of the Royal Commission on the Private Manufacture of and Trading in Arms;
1937: Went with the Parliamentary Commission to observe the Spanish War;
1938- 39: Member of the West Indies Royal Commission,
Married Col. C.J.M. Thornhill, CMG, DSO, (1939);
1939- 1946: Region's Adviser, Ministry of Information (visiting and reporting on the conditions in the bombed cities);
Publications during this period: Article on Manchukuo in Landmark, January, 1937;
Article in The International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons, Its History and Program of Work, December, 1952;
"Modern Steps to Limit Traffic in Persons" in International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons pamphlet, London, 1956;
PRO Office (London);
Obituaries – Times;
Who’s Who;
Fawcett Library (London).
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Protection period to: 2005-12-31
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