“Welsh women are culturally invisible" - Diedre Beddow

Merched Chwarel really enjoyed the recent programme on Radio 4 (many thanks to Anna Jones for telling us of it!), in search of the voices of women in Wales, including contributions by Meredid Hopwood. We really recommend a listen! We particlarly liked the idea (based on the analysis of historian Diedre Beddow) that although stereotypes of Welsh women were used to police the roles of women, some women were able to work with them and reinvent them. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0001mtr

As the radio 4 programme says, the male voice choir and male poets are well known in North Wales. But what of the women?…