Ruth Price: creating a nation’s pop scene

Williams, Non

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Ruth Price: creating a nation’s pop scene

Non Williams

Women's History Review, Pages: 1 - 18

Swansea University Author: Non Williams

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In Wales, during the 1960s, the seeds of a devolved nation were being sown. The Welsh Language Society was established in 1962, and Gwynfor Evans, first Member of Parliament for Plaid Cymru, was elected in 1966. Against this backdrop Ruth Price left her post as headmistress in 1961 to forge a career...

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