Helen Gwynne-Vaughan

Jan 21, 1879 - Aug 26, 1967

Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan, GBE was a prominent English botanist and mycologist. During the First World War, she served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and then as Commandant of the Women's Royal Air Force from 1918 to 1919. During the Second World War, from 1939 to 1941, she served as Chief Controller of the Auxiliary Territorial Service.
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