• 1839: She was born in Llangrannog. • 1854: At 15 years old, she worked at sea with her father, who was a captain. • She worked on cargo ships travelling between Wales and France for two years, before returning to London and Liverpool to study. • She received a captain’s certificate from London, unusual for a woman at the time. • 1860: She became Headmistress of Penboyr School, Llangrannog at 21 years old. • 1865: She won the prize for writing a poem in the song category on ‘The Wedding Ring’ at the National Eisteddfod in Aberystwyth. • 1870: Her popular poetry collection ‘Caniadau Cranogwen’ (The Songs of Cranogwen) is published. • 1878: She edited ‘Y Frythones’, a Welsh journal devoted to women for 13 years. • 1901: She founded the South Wales Women’s Temperance Union, to help women suffering from problems with drinking alcohol. • 1916: She died at Cilfynydd, living the last 20 years of her life with partner, Jane Thomas.