Patricia van Delden | |
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 Patricia van Delden, from a 1964 publication of the United States federal government | |
| Born | Patricia Louise Gillingham April 5, 1908 Los Angeles, California |
| Other names | Sonneveer (code name) |
| Occupation(s) | American diplomat, cultural attaché |
| Known for | Work in the Dutch Resistance during World War II |
| Notable work | Order of Orange-Nassau; Federal Woman's Award (1964) |
Patricia Gillingham van Delden (April 5, 1908[1] – died after 1970) was an American diplomat. During World War II, she was active in the Dutch resistance to the Nazis. After the war, she served in various postings in Japan, Germany, and the Netherlands for the United States Department of State. She received the Federal Woman's Award in 1964. Cold War scholar Giles Scott-Smith described her as "one of the most intriguing officials ever to work in the U. S. Embassy in The Hague."[2]
- ^ United States Department of State (1961). The Biographic Register. Office of Special Services, Division of Publishing Services. p. 724.
- ^ Scott-Smith, Giles (2008). Networks of Empire: The US State Department's Foreign Leader Program in the Netherlands, France, and Britain 1950-1970. Peter Lang. pp. 242–249, 286, quote on 242. ISBN 978-90-5201-256-8.