Article 6F62Z CND co-founder Pat Arrowsmith dies aged 93

CND co-founder Pat Arrowsmith dies aged 93

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Tobi Thomas
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Peace campaigner served 11 prison sentences over activism against nuclear disarmament and conflict

Pat Arrowsmith - the activist and co-founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) - has died at the age of 93.

She was born to a middle-class family in Leamington Spa on 2 March 1930 and went on to study at Cheltenham Ladies College and the University of Cambridge. Her work as a peace campaigner began with protesting against the Vietnam war, before co-founding CND in 1958.

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