Jennie Eirian Davies

Who was Jennie Eirian Davies?

Jennie Eirian Davies, 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 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%.

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 in 1949.