Gertrude Polley
# Gertrude Polley

Gertrude F. Polley OBE (1900 – 1982) was a British co-operative activist.

Polley began working for the International Co-operative Alliance in 1917, as personal secretary to Henry J. May, the organisation's general secretary. She remained in the post until May's death, in 1939, at which time, she was appointed as acting general secretary. In 1947, she was finally appointed to the post on a permanent basis. In 1949, she was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. She retired in 1963, and died in 1982.

