Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding
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Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding (née Albino; other married name Whiting; 22 March 1908 – 20 November 1993) was an English humanitarian and animal rights activist known for championing anti-vivisection, vegetarianism and the improvement of animal welfare.[1][2] Like her second husband Lord Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding[3] she was a vegetarian,[4] an anti-vivisectionist, spiritualist and theosophist.[5][6] She coined the term cruelty-free and was a pioneer of the cruelty-free movement. [7][8][9]
Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding | |
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Born | Muriel Albino (1908-03-22)22 March 1908 London, England |
Died | 20 November 1993(1993-11-20) (aged 85) Hove, England |
Occupation | Animal rights activist |
Spouses | |
Children | 1 |
In 1959, Dowding founded the charity Beauty Without Cruelty (BWC)[4] and Beauty Without Cruelty Cosmetics (BWC Ltd) in 1963, to highlight the suffering of animals in the fur and cosmetic trade and led the way in the commercial production of synthetic alternatives to fur and cruelty-free cosmetics.[1][4] She was a president of the National Anti-Vivisection Society (NAVS)[1] and vice-president of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA).[4] In 1969, she cofounded the International Association against Painful Experiments on Animals (IAAPEA).[1]