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Commandant the Honourable Violet Blanche Douglas-Pennant (31 January 1869 – 12 October 1945) was a British philanthropist and supporter of local government who served as the second commandant of the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) until her dismissal in August 1918. Born into the aristocracy, Douglas-Pennant became interested in youth clubs for girls which led her to charity work with the unemployed and with disabled children. Working with the Workers' Educational Association led her to become involved in the establishment and reform of local government, and she eventually became a member of the London County Council Education Committee. After the establishment of the WRAF in 1918 she was suggested as a potential Commandant due to her experience in reform and management. She agreed to spend a month "looking round" the camp, and was so unhappy that she repeatedly tried to resign. Following her dismissal on 28 August 1918 by Lord Weir she wrote to several important political figures such as Winston Churchill asking for a judicial inquiry into her dismissal, claiming that it was part of an attempt by other senior WRAF officers to "cover up rife immorality"〔Hyde (1960) p.70〕 at WRAF bases. Lord Stanhope proposed establishing the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Women's Royal Air Force to investigate any immorality. His proposal passed, and the Committee began its work on 14 October 1918. The Committee found that there was no evidence to back up Douglas-Pennant's accusations, and she was later sued for libel by two of the senior WRAF officers for comments she had made before and during the Select Committee's hearings. Douglas-Pennant was never again employed by the government, and spent the following decades attempting to clear her name before her death on 12 October 1945. ==Early life and work== Violet Douglas-Pennant was the sixth child of George Douglas-Pennant, 2nd Baron Penrhyn and his first wife Penella Blanche, who died five days after Violet's birth. After a normal upbringing she became involved in philanthropic work with girls youth clubs, which led her into working with the poor, unemployed, uneducated and disabled in London.〔 As a result of her work with the uneducated and unemployed she served on the board of governors for various schools, and eventually became a member of the Borough of Finsbury unemployment committee.〔 Her involvement with the Workers' Educational Association led her to work on other local government committees and eventually the London County Council Education Committee.〔 She also served as a governor of the University College of South Wales and a member of the Conservative and Unionist Women's Franchise Association (although she was not a suffragette herself).〔 In 1911 she was made National Health Insurance Commissioner for South Wales, and became a Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll.〔 As National Insurance Commissioner she was paid £1000 a year; a massive amount for a woman,〔Bourne (2001) p.75〕 and the highest salary of any woman in Britain at the time.〔 In 1914 she helped fund a 500-bed hospital in Belgium, and as a Lady-in-Waiting accompanied Louise on visits to Red Cross facilities during the First World War.〔 She helped organise the Scottish Women's Hospital Unit, although she was not one of the 81 women sent to Russia to assist Serbian soldiers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Violet Douglas-Pennant )〕 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「Violet Douglas-Pennant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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