Vera Douie
Vera Douie became the librarian of the London National Society for Women's Service at the Women's Service Library at Marsham St, London between 1926 and her retirement in 1967.

In this role she was the moving force behind the collection that was the forerunner to the present Women's Library. She was active in the women's movement throughout her life and was particularly involved in the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene.

During the Second World War she was a fervent campaigner for equal rights and published 'The Lesser Half' on behalf of the Women's Publicity Planning Association in 1943, examining the 'laws, regulations and practices introduced during the present war, which embody discrimination against women'.

After the war, she also published 'Daughters of Britain: an account of the work of British women during the Second World War' (1950). When she retired in 1967, she was awarded the OBE for her life's work. She died in 1979.