Emma Groves

Born 1 January 1920 in Belfast, Northern Ireland

Died 2 April 2007 (aged 87)

Emma Groves was a human rights activist, a leading campaigner for banning the use of plastic bullets, and a co-founder of the United Campaign Against Plastic Bullets in Northern Ireland. She began her campaign after she was blinded from being struck in the face by a rubber bullet in 1971.