100 Great Welsh Women

Factual book by Terry Breverton May 2024 100 Great Welsh Women 100 Great Welsh Women.jpg Cover of 2001 paperback edition Terry Breverton Wales English Biography Glyndwr Publishing 2 November 2001 Paperback 304 9781903529041 100 Great Welsh Women is a collection of short biographies of prominent women from Wales, or of Welsh origin, published in 2001 by Terry Breverton. It covers women from all walks of life, including athletes, actresses, saints, singers and queens. Background 100 Great Welsh Women was written by Terry Breverton and published in 2001.Penfold Breverton is a historian who has written more than 20 books.Breverton 2012b 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.Williams 2002 Content and style The book opens with a biography of the 5th–6th century Saint Almedha and ends with the 19th century Jane Williams.Williams 2002 The book includes biographies of Tracy Edwards, yachtswoman, who in 1997 traveled 1516 mi in four days across the Atlantic with a 10-woman crew; Petula Clark, the popular singer; Megan Lloyd George, the politician and feminist; Queen Elizabeth I of England; Bette Davis, the film star; Saint Claudia; Saint Darerca and the famous Queen Boudica, who led British resistance against the Romans.Penfold Other biographies include the singers Charlotte Church and Shirley Bassey; the athlete Tanni Grey-Thompson; Nell Gwyn, the mistress of Charles II; Saint Helena, mother of Constantine the Great; and the actress Catherine Zeta-Jones.Williams 2002 Also covered are Kylie Minogue, Nest ferch Rhys, George Eliot, Sarah Siddons, Siân Phillips, Laura Ashley, Mary Quant, Myrna Loy and Esther Williams.Helmich 2001 The book is carefully researched and well written. The selection of subjects is somewhat idiosyncratic, and readers may disagree with the author's choice. For example, Breverton states that he chose to exclude Margaret Roberts, better known as Margaret Thatcher, due to his dislike of that famous Prime Minister's policies.Penfold Publication 100 Great Welsh Women was published as a paperback by Glyndwr Publishing, St. Athan, in November 2001. It has 304 pages, and includes 72 black-and-white photographs. As of 2016 it was out of print.Penfold Reception The book gained attention in the media mainly because it included the Australian pop star Kylie Minogue.Hourigan 2002 Meic Stephens wrote of 100 Great Welshmen and 100 Great Welsh Women in the Western Mail Magazine on 16 March 2002, "These are not necessarily books that you want to read from cover to cover, but to browse in ... Both are really extraordinary achievements by a single author whose industry and enterprise seem to show no bounds."Stephens 2002 Norma Penfold of the Welsh Books Council wrote, "All in all, 100 Great Welsh Women is an informative reference book as well as a fascinating read."Penfold Jonathan Hourigan wrote in the Sunday Express, "Breverton's breadth, generosity and sheer enthusiasm about Wales are compelling."Hourigan 2002 According to Dr Peter N. Williams, "The book is an absolute must for all those who value their Welsh heritage, and for all those who wish to see Welsh women accorded their rightful place in history."Williams 2002 Notes 30em Sources Breverton Terry Wales: A Historical Companion https://books.google.com/books?id=I2qoAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT2 2016-02-01 2012-10-30 Amberley Publishing Limited 978-1-4456-0990-4 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-19358817 Breverton Terry BBC Reason behind lack of female statues 23 August 2012 2016-02-01 Breverton 2012b http://www.wisecracker.co.uk/wb_reviews6.htm Helmich Jane Daily Mirror 29 December 2001 New Book: 100 Great Welsh Women contains some surprises! 2016-02-01 7 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160207124921/http://www.wisecracker.co.uk/wb_reviews6.htm dead http://www.wisecracker.co.uk/wb_reviews6.htm Hourigan Jonathan Sunday Express Books Review 20 January 2002 Women in the Hillside 2016-02-01 7 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160207124921/http://www.wisecracker.co.uk/wb_reviews6.htm dead http://www.gwales.com/goto/biblio/en/9781903529041/ Penfold Norma 100 Great Welsh Women Gwales A review from www.gwales.com, with the permission of the Welsh Books Council 2016-02-01 1 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200401225741/http://www.gwales.com/goto/biblio/en/9781903529041/ dead http://www.wisecracker.co.uk/wb_reviews6.htm Stephens Meic Meic Stephens Western Mail Magazine 16 March 2002 review: '100 Great Welshmen' and '100 Great Welsh Women' 2016-02-01 7 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160207124921/http://www.wisecracker.co.uk/wb_reviews6.htm dead http://www.wisecracker.co.uk/wb_reviews6.htm Williams Dr Peter N. Ninnau (The North American Welsh Newspaper) 1 January 2002 review: '100 Great Welsh Women' 2016-02-01 7 February 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160207124921/http://www.wisecracker.co.uk/wb_reviews6.htm dead Category:Welsh biographical books Category:2001 non-fiction books Category:Biographical books Category:History of women in Wales