![]() ![]() Location: Outside Meddygfa Glan Cynon Surgery, Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is only the second ever statue of a named, non-fictionalised woman to be erected in an outdoor public space in Wales. ![]() ![]() It shows the writer seated, pen in hand, covered in sheets of paper on which she has been writing her ideas. Morgan’s statue was erected following the Hidden Heroines campaign organised by the Monumental Welsh Women group. ![]() Her first book on evolution was The Descent of Woman (1972), which was followed by several others including The Aquatic Ape (1982), The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis (1997) and The Naked Darwinist (2008). On its first publication in 1972 it created an international debate and became a rallying-point for feminism, changing the terminology of anthropologists forever. Morgan won two Bafta awards for her screenwriting, two Writers’ Guild awards, and a Prix Italia. 'The Descent of Woman' is a pioneering work, the first to argue for the equal role of women in human evolution. In her 30 year career, Morgan received a host of awards and scripted several dramatic adaptations of books, including Richard Llewellyn’s How Green Was My Valley (1975), Vera Brittain’s memoir, Testament of Youth (1979) and The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (1981). Dr Elaine Morgan OBE (1920-2013) feminist, TV screenwriter and controversial evolutionary theorist. ![]()
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