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Mererid Hopwood and Jenny Mathers talk to Betsan Powys

Inspiration for a New Generation: The Welsh Women’s Peace Petition

Hay Festival 2024, 

Can the peace efforts of ordinary citizens impact a world engulfed in war? One hundred years ago the women of Wales dared to imagine a world without war and took steps to achieve it: nearly 400,000 signed a petition appealing to the women of America to support their call for peace. Join Mererid Hopwood and Jenny Mathers, editors of Yr Apêl/The Appeal 1923–24, as they discuss the remarkable story of the Welsh Women’s Peace Petition with Welsh journalist Betsan Powys, and seek inspiration for a new generation of peacemakers.

Mererid Hopwood and Jenny Mathers talk to Betsan Powys