Clara M Codd was born in England in 1876. Early in life she rejected conventional thought. Rebelling against all oppression and injustice, she plunged into the Suffragette Movement. Her meeting with Col. H.S.Olcott, President-Founder of the Theosophical Society, proved a turning point in her life. She let go an assignment in the Women's Social and Political Union to work for the Theosophical Society. A lecturer for the Society who travelled widely, she spoke and wrote with intimate understanding of various aspects of life.