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100 Great Welsh Women
100 Great Welsh Women is a collection of short biographies of prominent women from Wales, or of Welsh origin, published in 2001 by Terry Breverton.
It covers women from all walks of life, including athletes, actresses, saints, singers and queens.
Background.
"100 Great Welsh Women" was written by Terry Breverton and published in 2001.
Breverton is a historian who has written more than 20 books.
The Welsh Books Council has named five of his books "Welsh
Breverton is interested in reviving interest in Welsh culture and history, which has been the main focus of his books.
He has said, "The Welsh are treated as second-class citizens, and live in a country that is one of the most economically backward in Europe. They are rapidly becoming a minority in their own country."
Meic Stephens wrote of Breverton's "100 Great Welshmen" and "100 Great Welsh Women" in the "Western Mail Magazine" on 16 March 2002, "These