CND co-founder Pat Arrowsmith dies aged 93

Pat Arrowsmith’s work as a peace campaigner began with protesting against the Vietnam war, before co-founding the CND in 1958. Photograph: Eamonn McCabe/The Guardian

Pat Arrowsmith, the activist and co-founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), has died at the age of 93.

She was born to a middle-class family in Leamington Spa on 2 March 1930 and went on to study at Cheltenham Ladies College and the University of Cambridge. Her work as a peace campaigner began with protesting against the Vietnam war, before co-founding CND in 1958.