Dubbed the Headscarf Revolutionaries, the women campaigned for new safety laws at sea.
Lillian Bilocca and other women campaigned for improved safety after the loss of three Hull trawlers in 1968Three tower blocks in Hull are to be named in honour of women who fought for new safety laws after a slew of fishing tragedies in the 1960s.
They took action after a triple trawler tragedy in 1968 which saw the loss of three Hull trawlers and 58 crew.The women's campaign started when 58 fishermen lost their lives in three separate trawler sinkings in the space of less than a month in 1968.
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