Gertrude Bell

Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) was an English author and adventurer who had a role in the formation of the country, Iraq, when that state gained independence from Britain. "The best known traveler in the Middle East and Arabia in the years before World War I, the British intelligence bureau in Cairo hired her as an advisor on Arabia." (reference for quote: "Gertrude Bell." Encyclopedia of World Biography Supplement, Vol. 22. Gale Group, 2002. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2007. http://galenet.galegroup.com.ezproxy.med.nyu.edu/servlet/BioRC)

Further reading

Gertrude Bell. The Arabian Diaries, 1913-1914. Rosemary O'Brien, ed. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 2000. xvi + 258 pp; ill. ISBN 0-8156-0672-9 (hb).