‘A hidden story’: women’s peace petition makes centenary return to Wales

Document signed by almost three-quarters of Welsh women in 1920s arrives in Aberystwyth after transatlantic journey

There were tears of joy, speeches of hope, and sighs of relief that all had gone smoothly after an extraordinary century-old document reputedly seven miles long completed its transatlantic trip back to Wales.

The peace petition, signed by almost three-quarters of all Welsh women in the 1920s but forgotten until the last few years, arrived at the National Library of Wales on Wednesday after being gifted to the country by the National Museum of American History in Washington.