Vera Laughton Mathews
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Dame Elvira Sibyl Marie Mathews, DBE (1888 - 1959), best known as Vera Laughton Mathews, was Unit Officer of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) from 1917 to 1919 and Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service from 1940 until 1946.
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[edit] Family
Mathews was the daughter of Sir John Knox Laughton (1830-1915), Royal Navy, and María Josefa de Alberti of Cadiz, Spain. Her sister was Grace Bell.
[edit] Husband/Children
She was married to Gordon D. Mathews from 10 June 1924 until his death in 1943; they had two sons and one daughter.
[edit] Education
Mathews attended convent schools in the United Kingdom (St Andrew's Convent) and Belgium. Later, she attended King's College London.
[edit] Journalism
- Sub-editor, Suffragette & Ladies' Field.
- Editor, Time and Tide.
[edit] Affiliations
- Girl Guide Commissioner
- Skipper of Sea Rangers
- Chairman, St. Joan's Social and Political Alliance
- Chairman, Domestic Coal Consumers' Council (1947-1950)
- President, National Smoke Abatement Society (1949-1951)
- Member of SE Gas Board (1949-1959)
- Adviser on Women's Affairs to the Gas Council
- Life President, Association of Wrens
- President, St. Joan's International Social and Political Alliance
- Chair of the Status of Women Committee, St. Joan's Social and Political Alliance
- President, Mermaid Swimming Club
- Member, Council Girl Guides Association
