How delightful to see an article on Una Kroll (A life lived out loud, G2, 18 November). As a very young woman I helped with her campaign to be elected on a women’s rights ticket in 1974, following a plea for assistance in the Guardian. It opened my eyes to real active feminism, and I was overawed to find myself in the company of Mary Stott, former editor of the Guardian women’s page, as we stuffed campaign envelopes together in Una’s modest house in the constituency. But for me the highlight of her campaign was when we marched through Sutton flying the banners of the suffragette movement while singing their song, with my one-year-old daughter in her pushchair. However, like Una, I lament a lack of passion for change among many younger women today – I hope she will inspire this next generation to take the struggle for equality forward., especially around the widening gender gap in pay.
Maureen Buch
Cholsey, Oxfordshire
