Portrait of a Nigerian Woman

Esther Grainger (1912-1990)

Unknown title

Sydney Curnow Vosper

Interior of a Welsh Cottage at Cefn Coed with 'Macws' (Margaret Morgan, 1815–1896)

Harry Dyke Pearce

Sackcloth and Ashes: Tip Girls Leaving Work

Thomas Henry Thomas

Unsolved

Thomas Edwin Mostyn (1864-1930)

Florentia Maria Crawshay, née Woods, as a Young Woman

Unknown/Anhysbys

Mariage de convenance

John Collier (1850–1934)

Nansi Williams' Heroic Act of Bravery

The Mapping Merthyr Through Women’s Histories workshop brought together staff from across the Libraries and Museum service and partner sectors to uncover, honour, and amplify the stories of women who shaped Merthyr. Informed by insights from the valley‑wide Heritage and Herstories community drop‑ins, participants each chose and reflected on a woman’s story that deserves recognition, creating a collective map of Merthyr’s past through diverse female perspectives. This project marks only the beginning — with hopes to continue these workshops and collaborate with more communities across the valley, further enriching and expanding the narrative of local women’s history.

Women Volunteers of Merthyr Scouts

The Mapping Merthyr Through Women’s Histories workshop brought together staff from across the Libraries and Museum service and partner sectors to uncover, honour, and amplify the stories of women who shaped Merthyr. Informed by insights from the valley‑wide Heritage and Herstories community drop‑ins, participants each chose and reflected on a woman’s story that deserves recognition, creating a collective map of Merthyr’s past through diverse female perspectives. This project marks only the beginning — with hopes to continue these workshops and collaborate with more communities across the valley, further enriching and expanding the narrative of local women’s history.

Women Workers at Dowlais 1866-1871

The Mapping Merthyr Through Women’s Histories workshop brought together staff from across the Libraries and Museum service and partner sectors to uncover, honour, and amplify the stories of women who shaped Merthyr. Informed by insights from the valley‑wide Heritage and Herstories community drop‑ins, participants each chose and reflected on a woman’s story that deserves recognition, creating a collective map of Merthyr’s past through diverse female perspectives. This project marks only the beginning — with hopes to continue these workshops and collaborate with more communities across the valley, further enriching and expanding the narrative of local women’s history.

Mary Rees alias Blackstone and Elizabeth Morgan's 1800-1881 Story of Protest

The Mapping Merthyr Through Women’s Histories workshop brought together staff from across the Libraries and Museum service and partner sectors to uncover, honour, and amplify the stories of women who shaped Merthyr. Informed by insights from the valley‑wide Heritage and Herstories community drop‑ins, participants each chose and reflected on a woman’s story that deserves recognition, creating a collective map of Merthyr’s past through diverse female perspectives. This project marks only the beginning — with hopes to continue these workshops and collaborate with more communities across the valley, further enriching and expanding the narrative of local women’s history.

Laura Ashley

Textile and fashion designer

1925 – 1985

Rose Mary Crawshay

Suffragist, educationist and philanthropist

1828 – 1907

Martyr Tydfil

The woman who gave our town its name

d. 480

Margaret (Megan) Watts Hughes

Pioneer of visual sound and creator of the Voice Figures

1842 – 1907

Ursula Masson

Academic, historian and founder of Women’s Archive Wales

1945 – 2008

Lucy Thomas

Mother of Coal

1781 – 1847

Margaret Stewart Taylor

Borough Librarian, Curator of Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery, and Local Historian

Marion Jones

A Trade Union Shop Steward at Hoovers and a Women's Rights Campaigner

Lady Charlotte Guest

Translator of the Mabinogion, Industrialist, Philanthropist, and Renowned Collector of Art and Porcelain

1812 – 1895

Merryl Wyn Davies

A Pioneering Writer and Thinker

Woman's Wales?: the dissonance and diversity of devolution through the lives of women in Wales

Edited by Emma Schofield

The Very Salt of Life: Welsh Women's Political Writings from Chartism to Suffrage

Edited by Ursula Masson and Jane Aaron

Our Sister's Land: The Changing Identity of Women in Wales

Jane Aaron

Our Mother's Land: Chapters in Welsh Women's History

Angela V. John

Lady Charlotte Guest: The Exceptional Life of a Female Industrialist

Victoria Owens

Gwrachod Cymru = Welsh witches

Efa Lois