Yvonne Blenkinsop was the last surviving member of a group who changed the fishing industry.
The last of a group of four women dubbed the Headscarf Revolutionaries, who campaigned for trawler safety measures in the 1960s, has died.
They took action after a triple trawler tragedy in 1968 which saw the loss of three Hull trawlers and 58 crew.Mrs Bilocca died in 1988, Mrs Jensen MBE in 2001 and Mrs Denness in 2017. The four women collected a 10,000-signature petition calling for reform, led protest meetings and lobbied politicians.
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