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.
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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.News & Events
Winner of the Avril Rolph Bursary
18th October 2019
During the Saturday morning of the Annual Conference, the applicants for the Avril Rolph Bursary presented their papers.
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Women’s Archive Wales Annual Conference
5th October - 6th October 2019
Report on the 2019 Annual Conference in partnership with St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff, 5th-6th October 2019.
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Setting the Record Straight - Safeguarding Female Records and Voices in Welsh Politics 1999-2019
17th September 2019
During the next eighteen months Women’s Archive Wales will be working with the National Assembly for Wales to undertake a new project called ‘Setting the Record Straight: safeguarding the records and voices of women in Welsh politics. Gwir Gofnod o Gyfnod’. To realize this exciting project we have succeeded in securing two generous grants – from The Heritage Lottery Fund and the National Assembly.
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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.
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