Background
She was born in Highbury, London, and was educated at Barnsbury Girls" School.
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Denise Marshall
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In 1986, she started working for the Stonewall Housing Association, which helps to arrange housing for lesbians and gay men who have faced homophobic discrimination. In 1993, she became the manager of Women"s Aid in Camden, then later in Hackney. In 2000, she became the head of Eaves for Women, a charity that supports and advocates for female victims of rape, sexual violence and sex trafficking.
In 2007, she was awarded an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to disadvantaged women.
To protest cuts by the Conservative—Liberal Democrat coalition government that would affect the ability of charities to help vulnerable women, she returned her Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. In 2014, she was diagnosed with inoperable cancer in her stomach and small intestine.
Politics
In her mid 20s, she discovered feminism and became a campaigner.
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Political Party
Conservative