Sarah Jacob (12 May 1857 – 17 December 1869)[1] was a Welsh child, one of the best-known of a number of so-called fasting girls of the 19th century in the United Kingdom and United States.[2]
- ^ Jenkins, David (1959). "Sarah Jacob". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Accessed 1 April 2016
- ^ Joan Jacobs Brumberg, Fasting Girls: The History of Anorexia Nervosa. (Vintage, 2000)