Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading

Standard Name: Reading, Stella Isaacs,,, Marchioness of
Used Form: Lady Reading

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1938: Lady Reading founded the Women's Voluntary...

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1938

Lady Reading founded the Women's Voluntary Service for Civil Defence (WVS). At the onset of World War Two, the WVS had 500,000 volunteers.

21 October 1958: The Life Peerages Act expanded the House...

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21 October 1958

The Life Peerages Act expanded the House of Lords to include, as well as holders of hereditary titles, public figures honoured with life peerages which would not descend to their children.

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