Sonja Hunt Author

Sonja Hunt taught Psychology in Britain and the USA before becoming an Epidemiologist, carrying out research in health and medicine. She was President of the European Group for Health Measurement, has acted as consultant to the World Health Organisation in several countries and has been published widely in books and academic journals. She left academic life to join a Medical Herbalism business and is now retired and living in USA where she does volunteer work in health and aging.

Baroness Hilton was born in 1936. Her schooling was disrupted by the Second World War and by her father’s posting abroad so she did not go to university at the usual age but later obtained police scholarship and studied psychology at Manchester University. She joined the Metropolitan Police in 1956 and served for 34 years, rising steadily through the ranks to the rank of Commander. Several of her initial postings were to the poorer parts of East London where there were mixed communities and a variety of cultures. Upon her retirement in 1990, she received some publicity and was invited by the Labour Party to become a life peer. In the House of Lords, she served on many committees and became a monitor of elections in countries that once belonged to the U.S.S.R. She has written an autobiography called Copper Lady that gives an account of her two careers.