Betty welsh biography

Welsh community activist and headteacher

For other uses, see Elizabeth Campbell (disambiguation).

Betty CampbellMBE (6 November 1934 – 13 October 2017,^[1] born Rachel Elizabeth Johnson) was a Welsh community activist, who was Wales' first black head teacher.

Born into a poor household in Butetown, she won a scholarship to the Lady Margaret High School for Girls in Cardiff. Campbell later trained as a teacher, eventually becoming head teacher of Mount Stuart Primary School in Butetown, Cardiff. She put into practice innovative ideas on the education of children and was actively involved in the community.

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Early life and education

Betty Campbell was born Rachel Elizabeth Johnson^[2] in Butetown, Cardiff, in 1934.^[3] The area was formerly known as Tiger Bay, which had built up around Cardiff docklands and was one of the UK's first multi-cultural communities. Her mother, Honora, known as Nora, was Welsh Barbadian.

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