The 'Headscarf Revolutionaries' successfully campaigned for improved safety in the fishing industry.
From left, Yvonne Blenkinsop, Mary Denness, Lillian Bilocca and Christine Smallbone were known as the Headscarf RevolutionariesAn event is taking place to raise money for a statue to honour Hull’s Headscarf Revolutionaries.It is being organised by Fitmums and Friends and Headscarf Pride.
Ian Cuthbert, of Headscarf Pride - a dedicated Facebook page to the Triple Trawler Disaster of 1968 - says “proceeds will go directly” towards the campaign for a statue. The tragedies resulted in a campaign led by Lillian Bilocca, Christine Smallbone, Mary Denness and Yvonne Blenkinsop, who became known as the Headscarf Revolutionaries.
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