Name: Richard Mills Pseudonym: Rhydderch Hael Date of birth: 1809 Date of death: 1844 Child: Richard Mills Parent: Jane Mills Parent: Henry Mills Gender: Male Occupation: musician Area of activity: Music; Religion Author: Gwilym Prichard Ambrose Born in March 1809 at Tynewydd, Llanidloes, son of the second marr ...
Name: Thomas William Date of birth: 1717 Date of death: 1765 Gender : Male Occupation: Methodist exhorter and later Independent minister Area of activity: Religion Author: Gomer Morgan Roberts Born 1717, son of the miller of Corrwg mill, Eglwysilan, Glamorganshire. He came to religion under the ministry of Howel Harr ...
Name: Ieuan (Ifan) Ap Sion Gender : Male Occupation: poet Area of activity: Poetry Author: Ray Looker Some examples of his work remain in manuscript; they include an elegy to Tomas Llwyd ap Rhobert of Penllyn (Llanstephan MS 133 (292)), a begging poem to Master William Wyn of Gwydir (Cardiff MS. 83 (485)), and englynion, ...
Name: James Evan (S) Pseudonym : Carneinion Date of birth: 1814 Date of death: 1842 Parent: Martha Evans Parent: John Evans Gender: Male Occupation: Congregationalist lay preacher, and author Area of activity: Literature and Writing; Religion Author: Rhiannon Francis Roberts of Y Cristion Dyddorgar; neu, Lawlyf ...
From her humble Ohio childhood, Gloria Steinem grew up to become an acclaimed journalist, trailblazing feminist, and one of the most visible, passionate leaders and spokeswomen of the women’s rights movement in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Steinem was born on March 25, 1934 in Toledo, Ohio, the second child and daughter of Leo and Ru ...
Georgia Douglas Johnson was one of the most well-known Black female writers and playwrights of her time. Known for writing most about love and womanhood, Douglas Johnson’s published works touched many and were featured in the most widely-read Black publications of the twentieth century. In addition to being an active participant in the New Negro M ...
Edith Kanaka’ole (also affectionately called “Aunty Edith”), a native Hawaiian composer, chanter and dancer, was a champion for the preservation of native Hawaiian culture and arts. Kanaka’ole lead the highly celebrated dance school, Hālau o Kekuhi, where her legacy as a Kumu Hula, or chief practitioner of traditional Hawaiian dance and culture, t ...
A leading suffragist and abolitionist, Lucy Stone dedicated her life to battling inequality on all fronts. She was the first Massachusetts woman to earn a college degree and she defied gender norms when she famously wrote marriage vows to reflect her egalitarian beliefs and refused to take her husband’s last name. Born on August 13, 1818 in rur ...
