Audrey Evelyn Jones

Audrey Evelyn Jones (15 October 1929 – 16 August 2014) was an English teacher and campaigner for women's rights. She joined the staff of the St Cyres School in the Vale of Glamorgan in 1960 and rose to the position of deputy head teacher. During her career, Jones encouraged young girls to study mathematics and art to combat sexism in education, worked to further girls' education and on sex discrimination research in schools. In retirement she focused on campaigning for women's rights with the Wales Assembly of Women (WAW) on the world scene and through the Vale of Glamorgan Labour Party. The WAW established the Audrey Jones Memorial Awards for Research in her honour and her documents and personal papers were deposited at the Glamorgan Archives

Family background and education Audrey Evelyn Jones was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, England on 15 October 1929. She was the oldest of three children to the police officer John Henry Reed and the newsagent Evelyn Mary Reed (née Tofield). The family moved to Essex after the death of her mother in 1938 and her father took up a job in the industry of radio engineering. Jones enrolled at Chelmsford County High School for Girls and admired its headteacher Geraldine Cadbury. She later went on to graduate from the University of Southampton. Additionally Jones completed a postgraduate certificate in education at the University of Manchester. In 2016, the WAW established the Audrey Jones Memorial Awards for Research in her honour. Jones' documents and personal papers were deposited by her biographer Jean Silvan Evans to the Glamorgan Archives in April 2018.