Jennie Eirian Davies was a Welsh politician and magazine editor.

Jennie Howells was born in Llanpumsaint

Llanpumsaint

Llanpumsaint is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. In the 2001 UK Census, Llanpumsaint community had a population of 595...

, Carmarthenshire

Carmarthenshire

Carmarthenshire is a unitary authority in the south west of Wales and one of thirteen historic counties. It is the 3rd largest in Wales. Its three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford...

 and educated at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. She was a teacher by profession. She stood as the Plaid Cymru

Plaid Cymru

' is a political party in Wales. It advocates the establishment of an independent Welsh state within the European Union. was formed in 1925 and won its first seat in 1966...

 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

Merched y Wawr

Merched y Wawr is a national, voluntary, non-political, organisation for women in Wales. It is similar to the Women's Institute but its activities are conducted through the medium of Welsh...

 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.

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