Florence Norman
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Florence Priscilla, Lady Norman, CBE (born Florence Priscilla McLaren) (1881 – 1 March 1964, Antibes) was an English socialite and activist.
She was the daughter of Charles McLaren, 1st Baron Aberconway and Laura Elizabeth Pochin.
In 1907, she married Sir Henry Norman, 1st Baronet, a Liberal MP. Like her mother, she was active in the cause of women's suffrage through the Liberal Women's Suffrage Union and the Women's Liberal Federation. During the First World War, she ran a hospital in France. She was awarded the Mons Star for her services and created a CBE.
After the war, she supported the creation of the Imperial War Museum and was one of its trustees. She was also the first woman to be appointed to the board of the Royal Earlswood Hospital, in 1926.
