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Beatrice Green
Beatrice Green (; 1 October 1894 – 19 October 1927) was a Welsh labour activist who was a key figure in the 1926 United Kingdom general strike and the subsequent miners' lockout. A highly-regarded orator and writer, she became a leader in the labour movement in South Wales and was a prominent member of the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party in Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire. Biography Early life and entry into activism Beatrice Dykes was born on 1 October 1894, in the town of Abertillery in Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire, Wales. The seventh of eight children of William and Mary Dykes, her father was a Tin, tin worker and Coal mining in the United Kingdom, coal miner. One of her brothers was killed in a mining accident in 1910. After attending the local church school, she enrolled at Abertillery Grammar School. She later became a teacher and was active in the Sunday school at Ebenezer Baptist Church. On 22 April 1916, she married coal miner Ronald Emlyn Green, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abertillery
Abertillery (; cy, Abertyleri) is a town and a community of the Ebbw Fach valley in the historic county of Monmouthshire, Wales. Following local government reorganisation it became part of the Blaenau Gwent County Borough administrative area. The surrounding landscape borders the Brecon Beacons National Park and the Blaenavon World heritage Site. Formerly a major coal mining centre the Abertillery area was transformed in the 1990s using EU and other funding to return to a greener environment. Situated on the A467 the town is north of the M4 and south of the A465 "Heads of the Valleys" trunk road. It is about by road from Cardiff and from Bristol. According to the 2011 Census, 4.8% of the ward's 4,416 (212 residents) resident-population can speak, read, and write Welsh. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
