A DISTINGUISHED CAREER
THE LATE DAME LAWRENCE "MOTHER OF CIVIL SERVICE" Dame Maude Lawrence, whose death was recently announced, had a distinguished career, having been appointed in 1920 Director of Women's Establishments in the Civil Service. She was the daughter of the first Lord Lawrence, who was Viceroy of India, and was educated at Bedford College, London. She served with the London School Board, and was then appointed chief woman inspector of the Board of Education, a position she held until she went to the Treasury in 1920.
Affectionately known as the "mother of the Civil Service," she was responsible for every woman drawing pay from the Treasury, and was the only woman entitled to sit at the high table at civil servants' official dinners.
Dame Maude Lawrence told the Civil Service Commission that she would like to see the marriage bar retained, as the angle of approach should be the efficiency and benefit of the public service, and not the desire of the individual. She deceived the D.B.E. in 1926.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21411, 8 February 1933, Page 16
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