Betty Tebbs obituary

Veteran political activist and peace campaigner who fought for women’s rightsBetty Tebbs, who has died aged 98, was an agitator, trade unionist and proud member of the working class. She believed in a free Palestine and an end to global nuclear weapons programmes. She was never one to follow the rules.Her activism began at the age of 14, when she turned up on the first day of her job at the East Lancashire Paper Mill, Radcliffe, to discover the boys were paid 13 shillings while the girls b