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Avril Rolph 1945-2018, founder member and Honorary Vice-president

Archif Menywod Cymru / Women’s Archive Wales promotes the recognition of women in Welsh history and the preservation of sources of women’s history in Wales.

We do this by:

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Asking women and men to donate the records of women’s lives and work in Wales
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Encouraging knowledge and understanding of the roles women played - and are playing - in Welsh history
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Raising the profile of the lives and work of women in Wales past and present
Running Innovative Research Projects

Wales Women’s History Roadshows (2007 - 2010)
Raising awareness of women’s history in Wales, and rescuing its sources.

Voices from the Factory Floor (2013-15)
The experiences of women workers in manufacturing industries in Wales, 1945-75
Click here to download the PDF

Women in World War 1: the Welsh Experience (2015-16)

Projects
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Working with professional archivists across Wales to care for these collections and make them publicly accessible
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Organising conferences, lectures, talks, book launches, exhibitions and other events

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I Have Chosen:

Photograph of Gertrude Rosewarne, a Red Cross Nurse in the First World War.

I chose this image because it was a very popular one with the British public as it shows a woman in the traditional role as a carer, unlike later images of women munitions workers or members of the armed forces. This photograph of Gertrude Rosewarne was brought to me in the Archive’s Roadshow in Llanelli by her great nephew.

It is an honour to be the President of AMC/WAW because of its valuable work in rescuing the sources of our history and enabling historians to bring our history to a wide audience.

Emeritus Professor Deirdre Beddoe, President and Founder Member of Archif Menywod Cymru/Women’s Archive Wales

News & Events

Women’s Archive Wales Annual Conference

5th October - 6th October 2019

This year the Archive is holding its Annual Conference in partnership with St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff on Saturday 5th October and Sunday 6th October 2019. ALL WELCOME

National Eisteddfod of Wales, Sir Conwy 2019

9th August 2019

Talk on Martha Hughes Cannon of Landudno, the first woman senator of the United States.

Setting the Record Straight - Safeguarding Female Records and Voices in Welsh Politics 1999-2019

22nd July 2019

Excellent news for Women's Archive Wales! To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the National Assembly for Wales, WAW has received two substantial grants from the National Heritage Lottery Fund and the National Assembly to organize a project to safeguard the papers and the voices of the women assembly members who served between 1999 and 2019.

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Preserving Our Past For the Future

Where are the women in history? Help us to find them.

We need to know our past to understand the present.

Help us to rescue the sources of women’s history in Wales.