Merched y Wawr is founded in the village of Parc near Bala, by language campaigner Zonia Bowen, after the Women's Institute refused to allow the Welsh language to be used.
mˈɜːtʃt wˈaɪ wˈaʊɚɹ ɪz fˈaʊndᵻd ɪnðə vˈɪlɪdʒ ʌv pˈɑːɹk nˌɪɹ bˈɑːlə, baɪ lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ kæmpˈeɪnɚ zˈoʊniə bˈoʊɪn, ˈæftɚ ðə wˈɪmɪnz ˈɪnstɪtˌuːt ɹᵻfjˈuːzd tʊ ɐlˈaʊ ðə wˈɛlʃ lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ təbi jˈuːzd.