Activist Erin Patria Margaret Pizzey is an English family care activist and a novelist. She is known for having started the first domestic violence shelter in the modern world, Chiswick Women’s Aid, in 1971, the organization known today as Refuge. Haven House is often cited as the first women’s refuge, but at the time of their founding they only worked to help the …
- Born: Feb 19, 1939 (age 79) · Qingdao, China
- Spouse: Jack Pizzey (m. 1959 – 1976)
- Education: Cheikh Anta Diop University