92:, South Wales to Jennie K. and Gilbert O'Neil. She attended the Pontypridd Girls' Grammar School. She studied English and Economics at the University College of South Wales and then undertook teacher training. She married Francis Milligan in 1945. Her mother had made her promise not to neglect her career when she married. When her husband and brother began studying for a
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