Sarah Jane Rees

Sarah Jane Rees
Rees, about 1875
Born(1839-01-09)9 January 1839
Died27 June 1916(1916-06-27) (aged 77)
Cilfynydd, Wales
Burial placeSt Crannogs, Cilfynydd
Occupations
  • Teacher
  • poet
  • magazine editor
  • temperance activist
EraVictorian era, Edwardian era
Organizations
  • South Wales Women's Temperance Union (UDMD)
  • Cymdeithas Merched y De

Sarah Jane Rees (9 January 1839 – 27 June 1916), also known by the bardic name "Cranogwen", was a Welsh teacher, poet, editor, master mariner and temperance campaigner.[1] She had two romantic friendships with women, first with 'Phania' Fanny Rees, until her death from tuberculosis, then with Jane Thomas, for most of the rest of Rees's life.

  1. ^ "Rees, Sarah Jane". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. 1959. Retrieved 31 January 2016.