Who is Mrs. Thomas Jenkins from How Green Was My Valley and what is their importance? How_Green_Was_My_Valley English & Literature Mrs. Thomas Jenkins | How Green Was My Valley

Mrs. Jenkins is Huw's first teacher, who teaches him and her daughters in her home. Her husband, who is severely burned from a mining accident, is incapacitated and unable to care for himself in any way. Mrs. Jenkins teaches Huw basic lessons but, after he teaches himself from books while bedridden, he outgrows anything Mrs. Jenkins can teach him and goes to National School instead.