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Betty Tebbs: Socialist, trade unionist and devoted fighter for women’s rights
Tributes have been paid to a remarkable campaigner who has died at the age of 98
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CAMPAIGNING socialist and trade unionist Betty Tebbs, who travelled the world in the cause of peace and the women’s movement, has died at the age of 98.
Betty was a legend in the labour movement.
She lived and worked in north-west England all her life, but was a leading and hugely respected figure nationally and internationally, campaigning for socialism, peace, equality and social justice.
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