Erin Pizzey

Erin Patria Margaret Pizzey (; born 19 February 1939) is a British activist and novelist known for her advocacy on behalf of both men's and women's rights and for her work against domestic violence. She is recognized for founding the worlds first and largest domestic violence shelter in the world, Refuge, then known as Chiswick Women's Aid, in 1971.

Pizzey says that she has been the subject of death threats and boycotts because her experience and research into the issue led her to conclude that most domestic violence is reciprocal, and that women are as capable of violence as men. These threats eventually led to her exile from the UK. Pizzey has said that the threats were from militant feminists. She has also stated that she is banned from the refuge she started. Provided by Wikipedia