This biography is republished from The Dictionary of Irish Biography and was written by Richard Hawkins. Shared by permission in line with Creative Commons ‘Attribution’ (CC BY) licencing.
Born: 4 February 1894, Ireland
Died: 29 July 1970
Country most active: United Kingdom
Also known as: NA
Curtis, Amy (1894–1970), administrator, was born 4 February 1894, daughter of George Frederick Wilkinson Curtis and Mary Noble Curtis (née Hewson), of 5 Proby Square, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, and was educated at home and at Belgrave School, Rathmines. She served as a Voluntary Aid Detachment clerk (1915–17) and an administrator in Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps (1917–20). Between the wars she was partner in a Guernsey firm of growers (1920–30) and secretary and agent to the Chelmsford (Essex) unionist association (1930–39). Resuming public service, she was superintendent of the Women’s Royal Naval Service in the Portsmouth command (1939–44), worked in the resettlement advice service of the British ministry of labour and national service (1945–8), and was chief administrative officer of the Women’s Land Army in its last years (1948–50). She was appointed MBE (1919) and CBE (1946). A keen gardener, she lived at Ram Park Cottage, Kilpedder, Co. Wicklow, and died 29 July 1970.