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Ellie Fennell

“I became an accidental activist" says Anna Whitehouse, and "we’re closer to the future my daughters deserve, but the job isn't done"

Anna Whitehouse .

“I can remember the moment, in March 2015, when I decided to stop saying ‘sorry’ for being a stressed working mum trying to juggle everything and to start speaking out about the injustice of it all,” recalls Anna Whitehouse, mother to three biological daughters and two stepchildren.

“On that depressing commute from my job at L’Oreal, I’d apologised to my boss for zooming out of work in a rush. I was sitting on a miniature primary coloured chair in my daughter’s nursery, apologising to her carer for being 12 minutes late.

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