History of WalesHanes Cymru / Modern WalesCymru Fodern
1920–2013
A miner’s daughter from Pontypridd who wrote award-winning television drama and popular books on human evolution.Merch glöwr o Bontypridd a ysgrifennodd ddrama deledu arobryn a llyfrau poblogaidd am esblygiad dyn.
Her book ‘The Descent of Woman’ challenged the male-centred science of the 1970s. She wrote a newspaper column into her nineties, and a statue of her was unveiled in Mountain Ash in 2022.
Heriodd ei llyfr ‘The Descent of Woman’ wyddoniaeth wrywaidd y 1970au. Ysgrifennodd golofn papur newydd hyd ei nawdegau, a dadorchuddiwyd cerflun ohoni yn Aberpennar yn 2022.
Welsh-speaking prime minister from 1916 to 1922 whose 1909 People’s Budget laid foundations for the welfare state.Prif weinidog Cymraeg ei iaith rhwng 1916 a 1922, y gosododd ei Gyllideb y Bobl yn 1909 seiliau’r wladwriaeth les.
Born in Haverfordwest, she painted quiet, intense portraits and is now ranked among the finest artists of her time.Fe’i ganed yn Hwlffordd. Paentiodd bortreadau tawel, dwys, ac fe’i hystyrir heddiw ymhlith artistiaid gorau ei chyfnod.
Ellis Humphrey Evans, a shepherd from Trawsfynydd, who won the eisteddfod chair weeks after he was killed in battle.Ellis Humphrey Evans, bugail o Drawsfynydd, a enillodd gadair yr eisteddfod wythnosau ar ôl iddo gael ei ladd mewn brwydr.
A miner from Betws near Ammanford who became a Labour minister and built the welfare state.Glöwr o’r Betws ger Rhydaman a ddaeth yn weinidog Llafur ac a adeiladodd y wladwriaeth les.