- Jennie Eirian Davies
Jennie Eirian Davies (1925 –
1982 -05-06 ) was a Welsh politician and magazine editor.Jennie Howells was born in
Llanpumsaint ,Carmarthenshire and educated at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. She was a teacher by profession. She stood as thePlaid Cymru candidate in the Carmarthen constituency at the 1955 General Election winning 7.78% of the vote (3,835 votes) and in the historic 1957 by-election in the same Carmarthen constituency where she increased the Plaid Cymru share of the vote to 11.5% (5,741 votes).She was active in Welsh religious, cultural and social life and was national president of
Merched y Wawr during the period 1978-1980. In 1979 she became editor of "Y Faner" and remained so until her death.She married reformed minister and poet,
James Eirian Davies (28 May 1918-5 July 1998) in 1949.----
References
*'Davies, Jennie (1925-82)'. In Meic Stephens (Ed.) (1998), "The new companion to the literature of Wales". Cardiff : University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-1383-3.
*'Jennie Eirian Davies, 1926-82'. In Delyth G. Morgans (2006), "Cydymaith Caneuon ffydd". [Aberystwyth?] : Pwyllgor y Llyfr Emynau Cydenwadol. ISBN 9781862250529.
* [http://www.merchedywawr.co.uk/lywyddion.link List of presidents] , on the [http://www.merchedywawr.co.uk/home.link Merched y Wawr] website.
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