Background
She was born in Dylife, Montgomeryshire, the daughter of the Reverend Richard Llewelyn Headley.
She was born in Dylife, Montgomeryshire, the daughter of the Reverend Richard Llewelyn Headley.
She graduated Bachelor Honours in Welsh in 1936 at the then University College of North Wales, and Master of Arts in 1938.
Having worked at various public libraries in both Wales and England, in 1944 she was appointed to the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. Their daughter is the writer Meg Ann Elis. She edited "Tŷ Ni", a woman"s section of Y Cymro, for 9 years and published Ffenest y Gegin in 1965.
She also had a column in Y Llan for many years.