Kathleen Baxter

(Mary) Kathleen Baxter, née Young, (30 May 1901 – 25 October 1988) was an English women's rights activist.

The marriage was reported by the Daily Mirror under the headline "Tax Office Romance: Senior Woman Inspector Weds Barrister at Westminster Cathedral".

[1] Her friend Diana Reid stated in her obituary that this forced resignation spurred her desire to end discrimination against women.

[2] During World War II she worked for a period at the Wool Control at Ben Rhydding Hydro in Ilkley, Yorkshire.

[5] Taking up law later in life, she was called to the bar (Inner Temple) in 1971, although she stopped practice after her husband became seriously ill in 1974.