Educationalist and writer. Born Cincinnati, Ohio. She came to Britain in 1948 to study at Oxford. There she met Tony Benn, who became her husband. An advocate of comprehensive education, she co-founded the Campaign for Comprehensive Education. Her writings include a biography of the Labour pioneer Keir Hardie. Died at Charing Cross Hospital.
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Caroline DeCamp Benn
Born Cincinnatti USA 1926, Caroline DeCamp Benn, author teacher and socialist...
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Pioneering advocate for women's education and suffrage. Born Nottingham. Studied at Bedford College, and then Girton College, Cambridge. Taught classics for income and wrote influentially on wom...
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