During an age of extreme gender polarisation when women were confined to the domestic sphere, Sarah Jane Rees (1839-1916) from Llangrannog, better known by her bardic name Cranogwen, won high esteem as a poet, lecturer, journal editor, preacher and temperance campaigner. She also succeeded in her aim of inspiring other Welsh women to overcome class and gender barriers and enter the public sphere, and was hailed as a pioneering forerunner of the 'New Woman'. This biographical volume follows her through the various stages of her career from early years as a sailor, showing how an underprivileged woman succeeded in winning such influential renown. New light is also thrown on her homosexual love life, and her progressive views on gender - 'gender difference is nothing', she proclaimed in 1888.
The Welsh-language version of this volume, entitled Cranogwen, won the Wales Book of the Year award for creative non-fiction in 2024.
| ISBN: | 9781837723102 |
| Publication date: | 15th March 2026 |
| Author: | Jane Aaron |
| Publisher: | University of Wales Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Series: | Gender Studies in Wales |
| Genres: |
Biography: general Gender studies: women and girls |
During an age of extreme gender polarisation when women were confined to the domestic sphere, Sarah Jane Rees (1839-1916) from Llangrannog, better known by her bardic name Cranogwen, won high esteem as a poet, lecturer, journal editor, preacher and temperance campaigner. She also succeeded in her aim of inspiring other Welsh women to overcome class and gender barriers and enter the public sphere, and was hailed as a pioneering forerunner of the 'New Woman'. This biographical volume follows her through the various stages of her career from early years as a sailor, showing how an underprivileged woman succeeded in winning such influential renown. New light is also thrown on her homosexual love life, and her progressive views on gender - 'gender difference is nothing', she proclaimed in 1888.
The Welsh-language version of this volume, entitled Cranogwen, won the Wales Book of the Year award for creative non-fiction in 2024.
Woman on a Mission features in the following genres: Biography: general, Gender studies: women and girls
Woman on a Mission is available in Paperback
Woman on a Mission was written by Jane Aaron and published by University of Wales Press
Woman on a Mission has 336 pages
Yes it is part of Gender Studies in Wales series
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