Irene Rebecca "Rheba" Crawford (February 14, 1898 – January 7, 1966), known as "the Angel of Broadway", was an American Christian religious figure and social worker.

In the 1920s, she edited the Salvation Army publication The Young Soldier, at the church's national headquarters in New York, and was called "the Angel of Broadway"[7] because she was a constant[8] and striking presence at prohibition and moral hygiene rallies in Times Square.

[6][10] Crawford was appointed director of the California State Department of Social Welfare in 1931,[11][12] and held office until 1934,[13] when she became assistant pastor at the Angelus Temple.

[3][14] She became a popular if controversial preacher from the Angelus pulpit,[15] and gave "reckless, explosive" political sermons on local radio broadcasts.

[10] Her work supporting Angelus head pastor Aimee Semple McPherson soon became contentious, and by 1937 the pair exchanged multiple public accusations of libel, slander, blackmail and defamation,[16][17] in what Time magazine called "an ugly squabble".