{"product_id":"cranogwen-in-victorian-wales-jane-aaron-9781837723102","title":"Cranogwen in Victorian Wales: Woman on a Mission","description":"\u003cb\u003eSheds light on the groundbreaking Welsh feminist Sarah Jane Rees.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During an age of extreme gender polarization 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 therefore hailed as a pioneering forerunner of the \"New Woman.\" \u003ci\u003eCranogwen in Victorian Wales \u003c\/i\u003efollows her through the various stages of her career from her 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 \u003ci\u003eCranogwen\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Wales Book of the Year award for creative nonfiction in 2024.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Aaron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1837723109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781837723102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wales Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Jane Aaron","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742984712447,"sku":"9781837723102","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cranogwen-in-victorian-wales-jane-aaron-9781837723102","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}