Betty Lockwood, Baroness Lockwood
Member of the House of Lords Life peer | |
|---|---|
| In office 27 February 1978 – 18 May 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 January 1924 Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 29 April 2019 (aged 95) |
| Alma mater | Ruskin College |
Betty Lockwood, Baroness Lockwood (22 January 1924 – 29 April 2019)[1] was a Labour Party activist. She was heavily involved in promoting equal opportunities for women on a national and international level.[citation needed]
Biography
Born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, the daughter of Arthur Lockwood, a coal miner, Betty Lockwood followed an unconventional route into politics. She left Eastborough Girls School at 14, then continued her studies at night school. With the support of a Mary Macarthur scholarship for working women, she read economics and politics at Ruskin College in Oxford.
After attending university she became active in the Labour Party as regional women's organiser for Yorkshire, then moved to London as women's officer. She campaigned for equal pay and was instrumental in the creation of the Equal Pay Act 1970.
From 1975–83 she served as the first chair of the
Lockwood died on 29 April 2019.[1]
Affiliations
Her connections with the
From 1983 to 1989, Lockwood was president of
She was chair of the
Family
She married Lieutenant-Colonel Cedric Hall in 1978. He died in 1988.
References
- ^ a b Miller, Alex (30 April 2019). "Prominent Dewsbury women's right Baroness Lockwood activist dies aged 95". Dewsbury Reporter.
- ^ "No. 47477". The London Gazette. 2 March 1978. p. 2673.
- ^ "Baroness Lockwood". UK Parliament.
- ^ "Former officers of the College". Birkbeck, University of London. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
