Education
Born Barbara Eggleston in London, she was educated at Brighton and Hove School for Girls and the London School of Economics.
Born Barbara Eggleston in London, she was educated at Brighton and Hove School for Girls and the London School of Economics.
lieutenant was at the latter that she became involved with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Young Liberals, the youth wing of the Liberal Party. After graduating she taught humanities in a school in London for three years. She became the first paid worker of Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CCND) and was its national organiser between 1982 and 1992.
In 1989 she founded Dominican Peace Action and after Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament worked for the Conference of Religious and the Dominican Justice and Peace Commission.