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Ethel Strudwick

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Strudwick became increasingly involved with national bodies, serving as president of the Association of Headmistresses from 1931 to 1933, founding president of the British Federation of Business and Professional Women in 1937, and joined the council of the
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wrote a children's story set at the school; Strudwick strongly disapproved, denouncing the book in morning prayers, then collecting copies of the book from pupils to be burned.
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in 1948. In 1945, she sat on a government committee of inquiry into the future role of women in the foreign service, chosen because she was known not to hold strongly
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views. In 1943, she was elected to the national council of the Liberal Party, and she was president of the
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Strudwick left the college in 1913, when she was appointed as headteacher of the
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A History of Homosexuality in Europe, Vol. I: Berlin, London, Paris, 1919-1939
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In 1927, Strudwick beat 45 other candidates to be appointed as headteacher of
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artist. She was educated at Queen Elizabeth's School in
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and Harriet Strudwick, her father being a prominent
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Women of the World: The Rise of the Female Diplomat
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CBE
Liberal Party
Fulham
John
Pre-Raphaelite
West Kensington
Bedford College, London
Royal Holloway, University of London
Rugby
City of London School for Girls
World War I
University of London
St Paul's Girls' School
World War II
Wycombe Abbey School
Angela Brazil
Girls' Public Day School Trust
feminist
Women's Liberal Federation
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Commander






Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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10.1093/ref:odnb/62339

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