Hetty Bower

Hetty Bower

Hetty Bower was a British political activist and suffragette, known for devoting her life to political campaigning since the early 1920s. At the age of 108, Hetty Bower was the oldest member of Humanists UK when she died, and also the UK’s longest-standing political activist, having begun her campaigning in the early 1920s. Hetty participated in the 1926 General Strike and the Battle of Cable Street in 1936. During the Second World War, she ran a refugee hostel for Czechoslovakians. She was a founding member of the Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament, and a veteran of many other progressive causes.

  • Title: Hetty Bower
  • Popularity: 0.966
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1905-09-28
  • Place of Birth: Dalston, London, England, UK
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Hetty Bower Movies

  • 2012
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    London: The Modern Babylon
    London: The Modern Babylon

    6.5 2012 HD

    London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.

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  • 2009
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    The Time of Their Lives
    The Time of Their Lives

    1 2009 HD

    While residing at a home for the elderly, political activist Hetty, age 102, prepares to participate in a peace march, novelist Alison, 87, works on...

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  • 2015
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    Britain's Greatest Generation
    Britain's Greatest Generation

    1 2015 HD

    Documentary series that tells the stories of the extraordinary last survivors of the generation who fought or lived through World War II.

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