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The marriage was not happy but they did have five children William Thompson in 1847, Rose Harriette Thompson the following year, Henrietta Louise in 1851, Robert Thompson in 1853 and Richard Frederick in 1859. The following year her husband had a stroke which left him deaf. She involved herself in
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The winners of the UK's only book prize for female scholars... Set up in 1888, the annual Rose Mary Crawshay Prize celebrates outstanding published works by women on any subject concerned with English literature.
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in about 1861. Crawshay opened seven free libraries which she opened on Sundays and insisted that they were open to men and women. When 49 local miners died in a disaster she visited each family.
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founded by Lydia Becker in 1867. She became a Vice President of the Bristol and West of England National Society for Women's Suffrage.
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is now "only" £500, but it provides a valuable recognition for non-fiction women writers. It has been awards since 1916 by the
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In 1870 women were first allowed to become members of school boards. The following year she had joined the school board in
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public life and encouraged the idea of reforming matrimonial law. She was not keen on Welsh culture and she joined the
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in Caversham Grove in Oxfordshire to Wilson Yeates and his first wife. She married the 29-year-old
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which was the first facility in Wales where women could train to be qualified teachers.
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History of the Iron, Steel, Tinplate and Other Trades of Wales
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to be the only UK literary prize for female scholars. The
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and she not only joined but chaired the school board at
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Berkshire
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Cathedine
Robert Thompson Crawshay
Robert Thompson Crawshay
St Peter's Church, Caversham
Merthyr Tydfil
ironmasters
Cyfarthfa Castle

National Society for Women's Suffrage
Merthyr Tydfil
Vaynor
Swansea Training College
Byron, Shelley, Keats in Memoriam Prize Fund
British Academy
Rose Mary Crawshay Prize
British Academy
philanthropist
Vaynor and Penderyn High School



Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
doi
10.1093/ref:odnb/53008
UK public library membership

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