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Betty Campbell (Rachel Elizabeth Johnson) was born on 6 November, 1934 in Butetown, Cardiff, Wales, is a Welsh community activist and headteacher. Discover Betty Campbell's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

Popular As Rachel Elizabeth Johnson
Occupation Head teacher
Age 83 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 6 November 1934
Birthday 6 November
Birthplace Butetown, Cardiff, Wales
Date of death 2017
Died Place Butetown, Cardiff, Wales
Nationality Welsh

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1934

Betty Campbell (6 November 1934 – 13 October 2017, born Rachel Elizabeth Johnson) was a Welsh community activist, who was Wales' first black head teacher.

Born into a poor household in Butetown, she won a scholarship to the Lady Margaret High School for Girls in Cardiff.

Campbell later trained as a teacher, eventually becoming head teacher of Mount Stuart Primary School in Butetown, Cardiff.

She put into practice innovative ideas on the education of children and was actively involved in the community.

Betty Campbell was born Rachel Elizabeth Johnson in Butetown, Cardiff, in 1934.

The area was formerly known as Tiger Bay, which had built up around Cardiff docklands and was one of the UK's first multi-cultural communities.

Her mother, Honora, known as Nora, was Welsh Barbadian.

1942

Her father, Simon Vickers Johnson, who had come to the UK from Jamaica when he was 15, was killed in World War II when his ship the Ocean Vanguard was torpedoed in 1942.

Her mother struggled financially after the death of Betty's father and occasionally worked as an illegal street bookmaker.

At school, Betty was top of her class.

She won a scholarship to the Lady Margaret High School for Girls in Cardiff and wanted to be a teacher from a young age.

She faced discouragement from one of her teachers who told her the problems for a working-class black girl would be "insurmountable".

This reduced her to tears, but it made her more determined to achieve her goals.

Betty Johnson became pregnant at the age of 17, while she was doing her A-levels.

1953

She left school when she married Rupert Campbell, a fitter's mate, in 1953.

Betty Campbell had four children, one of whom had special needs.

She had 14 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

1960

In 1960, when Campbell already had three children, she discovered that Cardiff Teacher Training College had started to enrol female students.

Campbell applied, and was one of only six female students to be admitted.

Campbell's first teaching post was in Llanrumney.

She soon returned to Butetown, getting a job at Mount Stuart Primary School, where she taught for 28 years.

As a black teacher she experienced hostility from some parents: "They hadn't seen a black teacher before. It was as if you could do a job, but if you’re black you weren’t quite as good."

Campbell was inspired by a trip to the US where she learned about anti-slavery activists like Harriet Tubman and the civil rights movement.

1970

When she became Wales' first black head teacher at Mount Stuart in the 1970s, she began teaching children about slavery, black history and the system of apartheid which operated at the time in South Africa.

Speaking later in the Senedd, Campbell explained: "I was determined that I was going to become one of those people and enhance the black spirit, black culture as much as I could."

Campbell helped to create Black History Month and taught a series of workshops on the role of Butetown's citizens and their countries of origin in the Second World War.

1980

She was a board member of BBC Wales in the 1980s, and was made an honorary fellow of Cardiff Metropolitan University.

1991

Prior to that, she had been a Butetown councillor on Cardiff City Council, from 1991 to 1995.

Under Campbell's leadership, Mount Stuart School raised its profile across the United Kingdom, and became a template for multicultural education.

Campbell became a member of the Home Office's race advisory committee and a member of the Commission for Racial Equality.

1993

In 1993, it published the book "Learning to Succeed" where practice examples from Mount Stuart Primary School were cited.

1994

In 1994, Prince Charles attended the school's annual St David's Day eisteddfod.

1998

In 1998, as a member of the Commission for Racial Equality, she was invited to meet Nelson Mandela on his only visit to Wales.

She was invited to be part of the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Commission on Education, which published a number of research papers on education.

1999

She served as an independent councillor for Butetown on Cardiff Council from 1999 to 2004.

2003

In 2003, she was awarded an MBE for services to education and community life.

2015

In 2015 she received a lifetime achievement award from Unison Cymru's Black Members' group, for her contribution to black history and Welsh education.

2017

Betty Campbell died at the age of 82 on 13 October 2017, having been ill for several months.

Hundreds of people lined the streets of Cardiff to pay their respects.

On her death, First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones described Campbell as "a true pioneer" and an "inspiration to other black and ethnic minority people."