• 1905: She joined the Lyceum, a newly founded social club for women. • 1909–10: Meets Fanny Mowbray Laming, a half-French musician and public speaker who became her life companion. • 1914: She was in Munich when Britain declared war on Germany. • 1915: She established ‘Le Signal’, a bureau to assist those looking for missing people because of the war. • Alice was awarded a Médaille de la Reconnaissance Française (Medal of French Gratitude) for her work with ‘Le Signal’. • 1917: She established a branch of the Women’s Institute at Deudraeth, the fourth branch in Wales. • 1917: She was admitted to the Gorsedd of Bards as a ‘dramatist’, adopting the name Alys Meirion. • 1919: Launched the magazine ‘Home and Country’, and the ‘Forum Club for Women’ with Fanny. • She was the first woman to be elected to the committees of both St George’s and St Edward’s hospitals in London. • 1939: Her partner, Fanny Laming, and her brother, Dr Leonard Williams, die.
‘She was a prominent figure in public life, a key figure in the development of the Women’s Institute, and was honoured by the National Eisteddfod for her writing.’ – ‘Journal of the Meirioneth Historical and Record Society’, Vol 15 (2006-09), page 452.