This episode focuses on (1839-1916), the multi-talented woman from Llangrannog who adopted the name Cranogwen.
We discuss some of her amazing history, including her work in the Welsh maritime industry, and the fact that she challenged and overcame discrimination in several areas in a society which was extremely sexist. We look at a selection of her poems, beginning with the long free-metre poem ‘The Wedding Ring’, which was victorious in the Aberystwyth National Eisteddfod in 1865, as she beat two of the nation’s most famous male poets, Ceiriog and Islwyn. We consider her important contribution as the editor of Y Frythones and we have an opportunity to mention her successful trip to the United States. Here’s a chance to think about the importance of the Temperance movement in Wales as well . . . and to hear about Richard Wyn Jones’s puritanical tendencies.
Presented by: Yr Athro Jerry Hunter a’r Athro Richard Wyn Jones
Produced by: Richard Martin on behalf of Mimosa Cymru
Music: ‘Might Have Done’ by The Molenes
Further Reading:
Sarah Jane Rees, Caniadau Cranogwen (1870).
Jane Aaron, Pur fel y dur [:] Y Gymraes yn Llên Menywod y Bedwaredd Ganrif ar Bymtheg (2013).
Jane Aaron, Cranogwen (2024).