2: Welsh Political Icons - Dorothy Rees

Published: July 25, 2020, 11:04 a.m.

One of the most impressive councillors in Wales during the Twentieth Century, Dame Dorothy Rees served as MP for Barry 1950-51 and was the first woman ever elected in a South Wales constituency. Her life is reviewed by Dr Daryl Leeworthy, a social and cultural historian of modern Wales.