Collins, Diana (1917–2003)
Collins, Diana (1917–2003)
English activist and writer. Name variations: Dame Diana Collins. Born Diana Clavering, Aug 13, 1917, at Stutton Hall, Suffolk, England; died May 23, 2003; attended Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford; m. John Collins (cleric and canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, 1949–82), 1939 (died 1982); children: Andrew, Peter, Mark and Richard (died 1991).
With husband, actively campaigned against capital punishment, the nuclear bomb and apartheid; rewrote his speeches, raised funds, bound political wounds, and was co-founder and editor of the Christian Action journal; was also active in the Canon Collins Educational Trust for Southern Africa and an important influence in the early stages of the Movement for the Ordination of Women. Made a DBE (1999).
See also memoirs Partners in Progress (1992) and Time and the Priestleys (1994).