Dame Rachel Crowdy, 1919
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Imperial War Museum, © IWM (Q 7978), IWM Non Commercial Licence
Imperial War Museum, © IWM (Q 7978), IWM Non Commercial Licence
Dame Rachel Crowdy, a commandant of the VAD [Voluntary Aid Detachment] and her assistant Miss Monica Glazebrook in their office at the Hotel Christol, Boulogne, b/w photograph, 1919, photographer: Olive Edis; source: © IWM (Q 7978), http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205194661, IWM Non Commercial Licence, http://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright/licence.
![Dame Rachel Crowdy, a commandant of the VAD [Voluntary Aid Detachment] and her assistant Miss Monica Glazebrook in their office at the Hotel Christol, Boulogne, Schwarz-Weiß-Photographie, 1919, Photographin: Olive Edis; Bildquelle: © IWM (Q 7978), http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205194661, IWM Non Commercial Licence, http://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/privacy-copyright/licence.](https://ego-ploneui.uni-trier.de/illustrationen/voelkerbund-bilderordner/rachel-crowdy-img/@@images/13003713-0d04-4afa-92f5-31f49fbddb22.jpeg "Rachel Crowdy IMG")
Rachel Crowdy headed the Social Section of the league of Nations from 1919 to 1931, making her the only woman to occupy a senior administrative position in the organisation.
Dame Rachel Crowdy, a commandant of the VAD [Voluntary Aid Detachment] and her assistant Miss Monica Glazebrook in their office at the Hotel Christol, Boulogne, b/w photograph, 1919, photographer: Olive Edis; source: © IWM (Q 7978), http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205194661.