Eva Burrows
(1929-2015), General, Salvation Army 1986-1993Sitter in 1 portrait
Burrows notably became the second woman to be elected General of the Salvation Army in May 1986. The daughter of Salvationists, the Australian-born Burrows became a Salvation Army officer in 1951 and served in Zimbabwe, Britain, Sri Lanka and Australia, where she assisted Prime Minister Bob Hawke in developing a national scheme to help unemployed young people. As General, she led the Army's return to Russia and Eastern Europe after the fall of communism and was outspoken on various social and political issues, opposing South Africa's apartheid regime and urging the Church of England to ordain women.
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