Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding

Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding (March 22, 1908 – November 20, 1993) was an English animal rights activist. Like her husband Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding,^[1] she was a vegetarian,^[2] an anti-vivisectionist and a spiritualist.^[3]

She was well known in Britain for her work as an animal rights campaigner. In 1959 she founded Beauty Without Cruelty (BWC)^[2] to highlight the suffering of animals. She won several awards from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA).

References

1. ^ Lord Dowding (1882-1970) Lady Dowding (1908-1993) IVU
2. ^ ^{a b} Obituary: Muriel Dowding The Independent
3. ^ Lady Dowding & The History of BWC Vegetarian Women Online Magazine

External links

• Beauty Without Cruelty
• Beauty Without Cruelty USA

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Name	Dowding, Muriel Baroness Dowding
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Date of birth	March 22, 1908
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Date of death	November 20, 1993
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