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Dame Kathleen D'Olier Courtney (〔– ) was a leader in the suffragist movement in the United Kingdom.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Spartus Educational )〕〔 Kathleen D'Olier Courtney was born the youngest of five daughters and the fifth of seven children of Lieutenant (later Major) David Charles Courtney (1845-1909) of the Royal Engineers (a native of Milltown, County Dublin, Ireland), and his wife, Alice Margaret (née Mann) at 1 York Terrace, Gillingham, Kent.〔(Biography ), books.google.com; accessed 30 August 2015.〕〔 She was educated at private schools and at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. A suffragist and Honorary Secretary of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. Upon the outbreak of World War I in 1914, she abandoned her active campaigning for women's suffrage and devoted her life to studying international politics and trying to build bridges towards international cooperation.〔〔 She was a co-founder of the Women's International League for Peace, serving for a decade as the British section's Chairman. In 1928, she was named a member of the Executive Committee of the British League of Nations Union. In 1939 (the year WWII would begin) she was elected Vice-Chairman. From 1949 to 1951 she served as Chairman.〔〔(Profile ), wilpf.org.uk; accessed 30 August 2015.〕 She died, unmarried, in 1974, at her home in London, aged 96. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kathleen Courtney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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