Anne Curwen
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Dame Anne May Curwen, DBE (1889 - 1973) was National General Secretary, YWCA of Great Britain.
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.
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 Refugee Fund from 1954 to 1958 and President of the British Council for Aid to Refugees from 1962 until her death in 1973.
Educated at Birkenhead High School and Harrogate College
Harrogate College
Harrogate College is a further education college in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. It traces its origins to the University Extension movement, which began in 1873 under the auspices of Cambridge University. It offers several levels of qualifications, including further- and higher-education...
, attending Newnham College, Cambridge
Newnham College, Cambridge
Newnham College is a women-only constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1871 by Henry Sidgwick, and was the second Cambridge college to admit women after Girton College...
, 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.
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 Refugee Fund from 1954 to 1958 and President of the British Council for Aid to Refugees from 1962 until her death in 1973.