Gwendoline Trubshaw

Dame Gwendoline Joyce Trubshaw, DBE (1887 – 8 November 1954) was a Welsh public sector official who took a special interest in the recruitment and subsequent welfare of women who took part in support work for the First World War. She was an elected member of the Camarthen County Council and performed a number of leading roles in a range of education and health organisations.

Personal

Trubshaw was the daughter of Ernest and Lucy Trubshaw, of Ael-y-bryn, Felin-foel, Llanelli, and was baptised on 1 April 1887. She lived at Cae'r Delyn, Llanelli, but died in London on 8 November 1954.[1]

Career

Trubshaw was responsible for the recruitment of women for war service during WWI; taking a deep interest in their welfare and working closely with those in the armament factories.[1] As chairman of the South-West Wales War Pensions Committee and honorary secretary to the Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association, her services saw her receive a CBE in 1920.[1]

Elected as member of Camarthen County Council in 1919, Trubshaw unseated Parry (a liberal member of the council since its formation) and received the support of the Discharged and Demobilised Soldiers' and Sailors' Association[2]

In the 1925 election, Trubshaw was unopposed as the independent candidate. Later an alderman, she became the Council's first woman chairman in 1937. In 1949, she was one of only two independent candidates to secure election in Llanelli when all but two seats in the county were won by Labour.

She was governor of Llanelli County Schools and Chairman of Llanelli School of Art, a member of the Camarthenshire Blind Society, and for four years was Chairman of the West Wales Joint Board for Mental Defectives.[1]

In 1939, when the Women's Voluntary Service was established, she became the organiser for her county. Having been a member of the Public Health Committee for nearly 27 years, she was Chairman in 1946, and in 1951 became member of the Central Health Services Council.[1]

Honours

In 1938, she was elevated from CBE to Dame of the British Empire (DBE).[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "The National Library of Wales : Dictionary of Welsh Biography". yba.llgc.org.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Welsh Newspapers Online THREE LADY MEMBERS". newspapers.library.wales. 15 March 1919. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Order of Knighthood listing" (PDF). www.thegazette.co.uk. Edinbirgh Gazette. 7 January 1938.
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