Doreen Warriner
Doreen Agnes Rosemary Julia Warriner was a development economist known chiefly for her role in rescuing refugees just before World War II.
In December 1938, Warriner started her work in Prague as a British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia representative. However, her active role in rescuing refugees alerted the Gestapo and she left Prague on 22 April 1939. She worked for the Minister of Economic Warfare in Britain and Egypt and during 1944–46, headed the food supply division of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration's Yugoslavian mission. She was awarded the title Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1942. She died on 17 December 1972 after suffering a stroke.
