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Saturday, June 13, 2015

Feminist Caroline Criado-Perez, of Rutland, awarded an OBE.

Feminist Caroline Criado-Perez, of Rutland, has been awarded an OBE.

Caroline led a campaign to have more women on bank notes in 2013

She became a victim of online abuse because of her campaign.

Police arrested several people who had allegedly threatened Caroline

Caroline, argued that the Bank of England was failing in its duties to eliminate
gender discrimination under the Equality Act.





















Jane Austen will feature on the next £10 note in 2017, the 200th anniversary of her death.