Beryl Millicent Le Poer Power was born in 1891. She read History at Girton College 1910-1913. On leaving College, she became an organiser and speaker for the women's suffrage movement, work which was terminated by the outbreak of the First World War. She went on to become a senior civil servant, first as an inspector in the Board of Trade, later Ministry of Labour, then working to set up the Juvenile Transference Scheme and ultimately in charge of housing and welfare for the Ministry of Supply. She travelled widely as part of her work, in India, America and China. She died in 1974. Her sister Eileen Power also studied at Girton College.
From the guide to the Personal Papers of Beryl Power, 1927-1951, (Girton College Library, University of Cambridge)
