It’s amazing that Elaine had a passport in 1933, just 9 years after the first British woman got one. Even though women could now possess their own passports, it was still incredibly rare and very difficult to obtain. As Elaine’s descendant, I’m really proud of she became one of the first women to have their own passport. I also like how her picture is proudly on the “photograph of bearer” space and she’s crossed though the “wife / femme” box.
Although British, as it says Elaine was born in “Shanghai”. This is because her parents worked, met, got married and had their daughter in China. They then moved back to Britain, where her parents were from, when Elaine was still very young. Interestingly, Elaine’s mother was one of the first ever female doctors, she trained in her homeland of Scotland and went to China to practice and teach medicine.