to the war effort by keeping communities and families united, and the men fighting for their wives and children would be demoralised if they believed their homes were divided. Grieve's lobbying led the government to exempt women from conscription. She and a friend used a stirrup pump while working as an air raid warden in London during The Blitz. Grieve's success as editor of Woman magazine was based on how she understood her audience and scarcely featured the wealthy and well-known figures since their community was different to others and inaccessible at the time. She featured practical advice for food and established practical departments to demonstrate and test goods in the post-austerity era. Grieve sought to reach as many women across the United Kingdom as possible and encouraged reader participation by letter or telephone. From 1952 to 1960, she was a member of the Council for Industrial Design. Grieve was appointed to the National Council for Diplomas in Art and Design in 1960 and the council of the Royal College of Art three years later. Following the purchase of Odhams Press by Daily Mirror Group for £38 million in 1961, Grieve made the decision to retire early in December 1962. In retirement, she wrote an autobiography, Millions Made my Story, in 1964. Grieve was asked by Collins to edit two books containing tips for school-leaving girls when the leaving age was raised to 16. They were the textbooks Fifteen in 1966 and Sixteen in 1967. She and a friend operated a Pâté making company Dove Delicacies she supplied to local restaurants and shops. Grieve continued to run the business until she suffered a major stroke in 1978. Personal life Grieve received the OBE for "services to journalism". On 19 February 1998, she died at her home in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. She did not marry. Legacy According to Martin Pugh in the book Women and Women's Movement in Britain, 1914–1959, Grieve "clearly thought" herself to be an "emancipated" woman and "not as mere tools in the hands of male power brokers." He noted she defended herself by arguing she followed market demands of her magazine. References 1906 births 1998 deaths People from Ayr 20th-century Scottish women 20th-century Scottish women writers Women magazine editors Scottish magazine editors Scottish women editors Scottish women journalists Scottish journalists Officers of the Order of the British Empire