Canadian activist, diplomat, and municipal politician in Toronto.

Studied at Somerville College, Oxford University. Married Henry Pemberton Plumptre and then moved to Toronto in 1901 when he accepted the position of principal at Wycliffe College and she started work at Havergal College, an Anglican girl's private school.

Adelaide was active in the YWCA, the women's movement, the Canadian Council of Women, the Red Cross and was a founding member of Girl Guides of Canada. From 1914 through to the end of the war she served as Director of Supplies of the Canadian Red Cross where she organized the logistics of the Red Cross' wartime relief efforts across Canada and overseas and directed the Red Cross communications and recruitment efforts. First woman named to the executive of the Canadian Red Cross. In 1918 was appointed the chair of the Woman's War Council.

In 1926 she was elected to the school board, serving for nine years, and became the first woman elected chair of the Toronto Board of Education. In 1931 was Canada's delegate to the League of Nations in Geneva and in 1934 the Canadian delegate to the International Red Cross meeting held in Tokyo.

In 1936 she became the third woman elected to Toronto City Council and was a committed activist for the city's poor. During WWII she resumed her work with the Red Cross and led the Prisoner of War Bureau. She was awarded a CBE in 1943.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Plumptre

Canadian activist, diplomat, and municipal politician in Toronto.

Studied at Somerville College, Oxford University. Married Henry Pemberton Plumptre and then moved to Toronto in 1901 when he accepted the position of principal at Wycliffe College and she started work at Havergal College, an Anglican girl's private school.

Adelaide was active in the YWCA, the women's movement, the Canadian Council of Women, the Red Cross and was a founding member of Girl Guides of Canada. From 1914 through to the end of the war she served as Director of Supplies of the Canadian Red Cross where she organized the logistics of the Red Cross' wartime relief efforts across Canada and overseas and directed the Red Cross communications and recruitment efforts. First woman named to the executive of the Canadian Red Cross. In 1918 was appointed the chair of the Woman's War Council.

In 1926 she was elected to the school board, serving for nine years, and became the first woman elected chair of the Toronto Board of Education. In 1931 was Canada's delegate to the League of Nations in Geneva and in 1934 the Canadian delegate to the International Red Cross meeting held in Tokyo.

In 1936 she became the third woman elected to Toronto City Council and was a committed activist for the city's poor. During WWII she resumed her work with the Red Cross and led the Prisoner of War Bureau. She was awarded a CBE in 1943.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Plumptre