Headscarf Revolutionaries "Explored"
Lillian Bilocca, led a campaign after three ships sank in 1968 with the loss of 58 lives.
Three Hull trawlers - St Romanus, Kingston Peridot and Ross Cleveland - all sunk in quick succession. Sadly only one man survived.
Four women, who were called Headscarf Revolutionaries and lived in Hull's fishing community of Hessle Road, gathered a 10,000-signature petition calling for reform after the triple trawler tragedy.
Lillian Bilocca led a delegation to Parliament and eventually met Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
Headscarf Revolutionaries "Explored"
Lillian Bilocca, led a campaign after three ships sank in 1968 with the loss of 58 lives.
Three Hull trawlers - St Romanus, Kingston Peridot and Ross Cleveland - all sunk in quick succession. Sadly only one man survived.
Four women, who were called Headscarf Revolutionaries and lived in Hull's fishing community of Hessle Road, gathered a 10,000-signature petition calling for reform after the triple trawler tragedy.
Lillian Bilocca led a delegation to Parliament and eventually met Prime Minister Harold Wilson.