Jen Pringle

Jen Pringle
Jen Pringle, a fiery lass of fourteen, looks 'much as Becky Sharp must have looked' at her age, seems to be the leader of Pringle Youth, who are uprising against Anne during the first part of Anne of Windy Poplars. Jen is extremely smart, ("is brilliant in mathematics... woe is me!"), and everything she says or does 'has a sparkle' in it.

School Life
===Jen, as aforesaid, is extremely smart. Head of her class in everything, and with sharp green eyes, Anne wanted to be friends with her... but the Pringle Prejudice against her prevented that for the first period of the Windy Poplar's life. Jen, it seemed, either loved someone or hated them. Anne was of the latter for quite some time. Every time Anne turned around, things would be happening.. and you could be sure Jen was behind them all. She was late for school, insolent to Anne, drew things on the chalkboard, made faces, and always with a perfectly watertight excuse. It was good for Anne that she found Malcolm Pringle's book! Jen had a flair for acting, which proved to make things active during the time of the play. However, she gave Anne and Katherine Brooke a hard time by 'taking tonsilitis'. ===

Marriage
When Jen Pringle finally came for a long-promised trip to the Glen for a visit to Anne, it provided a perfect opporunity for the distracted matchmaker, at the time. Jen met Lewis Stedman at the party, and later married him. Anne was wont to say that "The Bristol Candlesticks were not sacrificed in vain!"