Betsi Cadwaladr

Betsi Cadwaladr , also known as Beti Cadwaladr and Betsi Davis, worked as a nurse in the Crimean War alongside Florence Nightingale, although their different social backgrounds were a source of constant disagreement. Her name today is mostly synonymous with the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board , the largest health organisation in Wales.

Elizabeth Betsi Cadwaladr was born in 1789 at Llanycil, near Bala, north Wales, one ofchildren to Methodist preacher Dafydd Cadwaladr. She was christened in May 1789 at Llanycil Parish Church. She grew up on Pen Rhiw Farm, Llanycil, and her mother died when she was only five years old. Very soon after this she was given a copy of the Bible as a present from Thomas Charles , something which Betsi appreciated greatly, and which she felt now gave her some purpose to life.

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