Jennie Eirian Davies

Jennie Eirian Davies (1925 – 6 May, 1982), 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 the Plaid 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.
• List of presidents, on the Merched y Wawr website.