History of WalesHanes Cymru / Modern WalesCymru Fodern
1890–1975
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.
As Minister of National Insurance from 1945 he created the system of benefits for sickness, unemployment and old age. In 1964 he became the first Secretary of State for Wales.
Fel Gweinidog Yswiriant Gwladol o 1945 creodd y drefn o fudd-daliadau ar gyfer salwch, diweithdra a henaint. Yn 1964 daeth yn Ysgrifennydd Gwladol cyntaf Cymru.
Jim Griffiths becomes the first Secretary of State for Wales.Daw Jim Griffiths yn Ysgrifennydd Gwladol cyntaf Cymru.
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 quarryman’s daughter from Rhosgadfan whose short stories and novels are the high point of modern Welsh prose.Merch chwarelwr o Rosgadfan y mae ei storïau byrion a’i nofelau’n uchafbwynt rhyddiaith Gymraeg fodern.