Florence White (campaigner), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Florence White (campaigner)

British activist

Date of Birth: 11-Jun-1886

Place of Birth: Bradford, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: social activist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Florence White (11 June 1886 - 1961), was a British pensions campaigner.
From 1935 she led a campaign to reduce by ten years the retirement age for unmarried women from age 65 to age 55.
The campaigning points were the relative poverty, ill health, and shorter lifespan of older spinsters compared to married women their continued need to work until 65, despite their increasing difficulty in finding employment with advancing agetheir unrecognised role in caring for aged parents, analogous to the caring role of married women with children their lesser (and often zero) return for contributions paid into the state pension compared to married women and widowsThe campaign ended with partial success in 1941, when all women were made eligible to receive the state pension at age 60, rather than 65.