Courtney, Kathleen D'Olier (1878–1974)

English suffragette and world peace activist. A founder of the Women's International League for Peace, she chaired the British section and was on the executive of the British League of Nations Union 1928–39. She took part in the drawing up of the United Nations (UN) charter, and was vice chairman, then chairman of the UN association in the UK 1949–51. She was created DBE in 1952.

Courtney was born in Gillingham, Kent, and studied modern languages at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. During World War I, like other constitutional suffragettes, she diverted her energies to international Quaker relief work.