Angela V. John
Born24 September 1948
NationalityWelsh
Occupation(s)History Professor and writer
EmployerUniversity of Greenwich
Known forbiographies
Websitewww.angelavjohn.com

Angela V. John FRHistS FLSW (born 24 September 1948) is a Welsh historian known for her biographies, particularly of women. She is President of Llafur: The Welsh People's History Society.

Life

John was born in 1948 and she was brought up in Port Talbot.[1][failed verification]

Her 1980 book By The Sweat of Their Brow concerned the lives of women employed in the Victorian coal mining industry.[2] In the late 1980s she was one of the founders of the academic journal Gender & History.[3]

She was employed as a History Professor at the University of Greenwich.[4][5]

She began to research the life of Henry W Nevinson at the Bodleian Library in Oxford.[6] As a result, she published War, Journalism and the Shaping of the 20th Century: The Life and Times of Henry W Nevinson a biography that includes his interests apart from his better known work as a war correspondent.[7] His life led to John's interest in the suffragist Evelyn Sharp, who became Nevinson's second wife. In 2009 John published her biography: Evelyn Sharp: Rebel Woman, 1869-1955.[8]

In 2012 when she was an honorary Professor of History at Swansea University she was elected to the Learned Society of Wales.[4] In 2015 she published a book based around the many famous actors from around her home town. The book as inspired by a conversation she had with the actor Michael Sheen. The book is titled The Actors’ Crucible: Port Talbot and the Making of Burton, Hopkins, Sheen and All the Others. [9]

In 2013 she published Turning the Tide, a biography of the suffragette Margaret Haig Thomas, later Lady Rhondda. This led to her working with Welsh National Opera on their production of Rhondda Rips It Up![3] a music-hall based work by Elena Langer on Lady Rhondda, which premiered in Newport in May 2018 and toured to sixteen British venues.[10]

In 2022 she succeeded the politician Hywel Francis as President of Llafur: The Welsh People's History Society. She had been a member of the society since 1977, and had served as chair and as vice-president.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Her web site".
  2. ^ John, Angela V. (2013-11-05). By the Sweat of Their Brow: Women workers at Victorian Coal Mines. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-59931-6.
  3. ^ a b "Professor Angela John - Swansea University". www.swansea.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  4. ^ a b Wales, The Learned Society of. "Angela V. John". The Learned Society of Wales. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  5. ^ a b "Angela V. John is ratified as new Llafur President". Llafur. 2022-02-05. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  6. ^ Jones, Hannah (2009-03-14). "Author's notes: Angela V John". WalesOnline. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  7. ^ "War, Journalism and the Shaping of the 20th Century: The Life and Times of Henry W Nevinson by Angela V. John. | The Western Front Association". www.westernfrontassociation.com. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  8. ^ John, Angela V. (2009-06-15). Evelyn Sharp: Rebel Woman, 1869-1955. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-0-7190-8014-2.
  9. ^ "Review of Theatre History Book from the theatre dance and drama in Wales web site". www.theatre-wales.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  10. ^ Franks, Rebecca (2018-06-14). "Opera review: Rhondda Rips it Up! at Mac, Birmingham". The Times. London.

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