Background
Jennie Howells was born in Llanpumsaint, Carmarthenshire and educated at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth.
editor minister politician teacher
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.