We’re feeling sad but oh so proud that one of our longest standing members, Betty Mash, has passed away. Tricia, with the help of one of Betty’s longest standing Soroptimist friends, Marion, has written this beautiful piece for her family If anyone was the definition of the phrase ‘a woman of substance’, it was Betty Mash who sadly passed away on the 4th September in a local nursing home, just short of her 97th birthday. In her life, Betty was a true trail blazer for women, embodying all that women can achieve in their lives. At school, Betty had excelled at sport, especially in running. Deciding on a police career, she entered a profession completely dominated by men, having to be tough and stoic at a time when the majority of women were not expected to be focussed on their careers. In 1957 Betty became