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100 Welsh Heroes was an opinion poll run in Wales as a response to the BBC's 100 Greatest Britons poll of 2002. It was carried out mainly on the internet, starting on 8 September 2003 and finishing on 23 February 2004. The results were announced on 1 March (St David's Day) 2004 and subsequently published in a book. [1]
Nia Medi, since 2005, Welsh-language novelist and actress; Dorothy Miles (1931–1993), poet, in English and sign language; Moelona, pen name of Elizabeth Mary Jones (1877–1953), Welsh-language novelist, children's writer and translator; Jan Morris (born James Morris, 1926–2020), Welsh historian and travel writer
100 Great Welsh Women was written by Terry Breverton and published in 2001. [1] Breverton is a historian who has written more than 20 books. [2] The books are typically on subjects related to Wales and include 100 Great Welshmen, An A-Z of Wales and the Welsh, The Secret Vale of Glamorgan and The Book of Welsh Saints.
Davies was active in the League of Nations and became the president of the Welsh National Council of the League of Nations Union by 1923. She also acted as treasurer for a peace petition from the women of Wales to the women of the US to encourage their country to join the League and thereby promote world peace following the First World War.
Monumental Welsh Women is a project to provide the first five statues of real Welsh women in Wales. [1] It was started by a group of women, including Helen Molyneux, in 2016 and later became formalised as the not-for-profit Monumental Welsh Women Ltd. They work with other organisations, such as public art specialist group Studio Response, to ...
This is an alphabetical list of Welsh women. A. Jane Aaron (born 1951), literature scholar, researcher, non-fiction writer; Janet Ackland (born 1938), bowler ...
Gwragedd Annwn, (singular Welsh: gwraig annwn) alternatively known as Dames of the Lower Region, Dames of Elfin Land, or Wives of the Lower World, are beautiful female fairies who live beneath lakes and rivers found in Welsh folklore.
Pages in category "Female saints of medieval Wales" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.