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'''Dame May Curwen''', DBE (1889 - 1973) was National General Secretary, YWCA of Great Britain.<ref></ref> Born Anne May, she was educated at Birkenhead High School and Harrogate College, attending Newnham College, Cambridge, where she gained a First in History. After teaching, she became the secretary of the Scottish Women's Hospitals in 1916. In 1919, she joined the YWCA as education secretary, then as National General Secretary from 1930 to 1949. After retirement, she continued to sit on various public welfare committees, and had a particular interest in refugees. She was the British delegate to the United Nations Refugee Fund from 1954 to 1958 and President of the British Council for Aid to Refugees from 1962 until her death in 1973.<ref></ref>
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}'''Dame Anne May Curwen, ]''' (7 May 1889 – 13 September 1973) was National General Secretary of the ] of Great Britain.<ref>, rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk. Accessed 31 August 2022.</ref>

==Life==
Anne Curwen was educated at Birkenhead High School and ], attending ], where she gained a First in History. After teaching, she became the secretary of the ] in 1916. In 1919, she joined the YWCA as education secretary, then as National General Secretary from 1930–1949.<ref>, NPG.org.uk; accessed 18 October 2014.</ref>

Following her retirement, she continued to sit on various public welfare committees, and had a particular interest in refugees. She was the British delegate to the ] from 1954–58, and President of the ] from 1962 until her death in 1973.<ref name="Hartley2003">{{cite book|author=Cathy Hartley|title=A Historical Dictionary of British Women|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pDtEe4FKolUC&pg=PT137|year=2003|publisher=Europa Publications|isbn=978-1-85743-228-2|page=137}}</ref>


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British charity executive

Dame Anne May Curwen, DBE (7 May 1889 – 13 September 1973) was National General Secretary of the YWCA of Great Britain.

Life

Anne Curwen was educated at Birkenhead High School and Harrogate College, attending Newnham College, Cambridge, where she gained a First in History. After teaching, she became the secretary of the Scottish Women's Hospitals in 1916. In 1919, she joined the YWCA as education secretary, then as National General Secretary from 1930–1949.

Following her retirement, she continued to sit on various public welfare committees, and had a particular interest in refugees. She was the British delegate to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1954–58, and President of the British Council for Aid to Refugees from 1962 until her death in 1973.

References

  1. Archives, rcnarchive.rcn.org.uk. Accessed 31 August 2022.
  2. Images, NPG.org.uk; accessed 18 October 2014.
  3. Cathy Hartley (2003). A Historical Dictionary of British Women. Europa Publications. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-85743-228-2.


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