Susan Woodhouse

Susan Woodhouse began working for Garfield Todd in 1956 when he was Prime Minister, and remained as his PA for nine years, subsequently remaining in close touch with the Todd family. Thus, it was that in 1992, Garfield Todd asked her to undertake his biography because, Susan ‘knew them better than anyone else’. It was a challenging undertaking and Woodhouse visited Zimbabwe ten times, spending many weeks on Garfield’s papers in the National Archives of Zimbabwe, and interviewing surviving friends and colleagues. She also spent a month in New Zealand, and visited the places in Scotland connected with the families of Garfield and Grace.