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Wales\u2019s history books are packed full of extraordinary heroes \u2014 from NHS founder, Aneurin Bevan, to 14th-century leader, Owain Glynd?r.But what about the inspiring women that have helped to shape our country?<\/h3>\nWales\u2019s history books are packed full of extraordinary heroes \u2014 from NHS founder, Aneurin Bevan, to 14th-century leader, Owain Glynd?r.But what about the inspiring women that have helped to shape our country?<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
CADW writes:<\/p>\n
From fierce medieval warrior, Gwenllian, to 20th-century author, Dr Kate Roberts, the women of Wales\u2019s past have so many stories to tell\u2026 And we intend to tell them.<\/p>\n
This International Women\u2019s Day (08 March) we made a start, by announcing the publication of a brand new feminist history book for children.<\/p>\n
Entitled\u00a0Welsh Women Making History<\/em>, the book tells the stories of 12 women from Wales\u2019s past and present \u2014 from St Elen, the 4th-century\u00a0founder of churches in Wales to Cranogwen, the female bard born in 1839, to Hayley Gomez MBE, a current\u00a0Professor of Astrophysics at Cardiff University.<\/p>\n Illustrated by up-and-coming Welsh artist,\u00a0Efa Lois<\/a>, the book also features portraits of Wales\u2019s favourite historical figures, reimagined as they might have been in the 21st century\u00a0\u2014 from Gwenllian as a women\u2019s rights activist to Siwan as a Welsh politician.<\/p>\n All part of our\u00a0Rediscover History<\/em>\u00a0campaign, this celebration of the old with the new has been designed to offer a snapshot of female brilliance through the ages \u2014 thereby encouraging future generations of inspiring Welsh women to carve their own exciting paths.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Welsh Women Making History\u00a0<\/em>book is available to pre-order for just \u00a32.95.<\/p>\n Click here to reserve your copy now<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fancy a sneak peek?\u00a0Click here\u00a0to see six excerpts from the book<\/a>, shown alongside portraits of our re-imagined Welsh heroines\u2026<\/p>\n