Frances Margaret (Fanny) Thomas
Colin has put together this presentation about Fanny Thomas.
Fannie Margaret Thomas of Pontycymer
‘A doughty warrior in the women’s cause’: by Ryland Wallacern In April 1912 Miss F. M. Thomas, headmistress of the Ffaldau Girls’ School at Pontycymer in the Garw Valley, rose to address the National Federation of Women Teachers (NFWT) at its annual conference in Hull. This organisation was a pressure group within the National Union…
Women’s Suffrage Speaker At Hippodrome
Abridged by G. Jarvis Miss Nina Boyle* in Pontycymmer. Two meetings were held at the Hippodrome, Pontycymmer on Sunday 5th March, 1915, when the Suffrage leader, Miss Nina Boyle, was the speaker. At the evening meeting Miss Boyle spoke about the Women’s Suffrage Movement from an historical point of view, and traced its growth since 1775.