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Barbara Gorna

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Barbara Gorna was born 'in the middle of nowhere' country in England, and raised on a farm, not hitting the smoke of London until she was age 28. Armed with a degree in Law, she worked with companies including IBM; British American Tobacco and Thomson International. Drawn to politics, she advised on Women's Rights and headed up the Government sponsored Think Tank, Fawcett. In 1997, she ran for national office at the Election. Post 1997, she served on several Government Committees at international level, advising on women and economics; domestic violence and electoral systems. In 2001, after spotting a gap in the Sex Discriminaton legislation she took on the Government and ran a Bill through Parliament, filling the gap. That Bill is now Law. So she steered the Bill through even thought she thought it might cost her political career. Fighting the Establishment is a tough call. But in doing so she turned back to her first love, writing.

She lives between London and LA.
- IMDb mini biography by: Barbara Gorna
2022 leading a campaign to save Dorset Hall a badly neglected old house in London, England. This was home to Rose Lamartine Yates and had fallen into disrepair. Rose was a leading campaigner for the vote and the house was used as a refuge for women coming out of prison after being tortured by the British in the fight for the vote. The campaign is featured in 'The Dark Horse of the Suffragettes' out late 2022.
- IMDb mini biography by: Barbara Gorna

Georgie Henley, the child lead actress of the Narnia films, is her second cousin.
She is blind in one eye.
Barbara has been an ardent campaigner for Women's Rights for over 20 years. She has worked on Government Committees, pushing for and creating change in the fields of domestic abuse and co-habitees. In 1997 she bought the sash that Emily Wilding Davison was trying to place on the King's horse at the Derby races in 1913. The sash bore the phrase 'Votes for Women'. Emily died after she was hit by the horse. Her funeral procession was 100,000 strong, and she remains an iconic figure today. Barbara campaigned to clear her name as a suicide, and has loaned the sash to the British Government and it is on display in the Palace of Westminster, or the House of Commons, as it is known. Over a period of 10 years, opinion is changing that she did not intend to commit suicide on the racecourse that day, but took the risk, like a soldier in battle, that she might die doing what was right.
Her brother-in-law is Lord True, Leader of The House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal.

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