Celebration of the Centenary of the Birth of Olive Gibbs
6 February 18:00 to 20:00
Assembly Room, Town Hall, Oxford City Council, OX1 1BX
Speakers: Bruce Kent, Simon Gibbs, Christine Simm, Liz Woolley
Olive Gibbs, born February 1918, was a redoubtable Labour councillor on the City and County Councils. She saved Jericho from destruction and got the Cutteslowe wall demolished. She was also a founding member and the national chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).
Speakers:
Bruce Kent (former general secretary, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament), Simon Gibbs (son of Olive Gibbs), Christine Simm (Oxford Deputy Lord Mayor), Liz Woolley (Oxford local historian, www.lizwoolley.co.uk).
Refreshments will be provided. This event is part of Oxford International Women's Festival and marks the centenary of women's suffrage. 6 February also marks the passing of the Representation of the People Act 1918.
