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5 influential women in Plan's 75 year history
1. Women of Plan
EsmeOdgers
An early champion of
child sponsorship, Esme
was a one-woman
liaison between children
and their sponsors.
2. Katharine Marjory Ramsay
A humanitarian who sparked
the idea of protecting children
in colonies during the Spanish
Civil War.
3. Edna Blue worked tirelessly to recruit sponsors and support for Plan in the early
days, eventually becoming its executive chairperson.
4. Gloria Matthews: Joined as a secretary in 1941, expanding Plan's global reach
before becoming its first international executive director in 1954.
5. Anna Freud
Daughter of Sigmund, she
established the Plan-
supported Hampstead Child
Therapy Clinic and led a
breakthrough in working
with war-affected children.