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Twenty illustrated essays on Irish women, historical and contemporary, who have defied cultural norms around femininity and achieved great things. The subjects include Irish women from Queen Medb to Eileen Gray, from Constance Markievicz to Sonia O'Sullivan, covering stateswomen, artists, writers, activists and rebels of all kinds.
Written by multi award-winning author and first Laureate na nÓg (Irish Children's Laureate), Siobhán Parkinson.
Perfect for use in schools as well as for leisure reading, this collection celebrates the role of women in Ireland's changing society.
Contents
Queen Medhbh (Maeve) 1
Gráinne Ní Mháille (Granuaile) 8
Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill 20
Anne Devlin 29
Anna Parnell 38
Augusta, Lady Gregory 46
Constance Markievicz 57
Peig Sayers 66
Hanna Sheehy Skeffington 75
Eileen Gray 87
Dorothy Stopford Price 96
Mainie Jellett 107
Dervla Murphy 114
Lelia Doolan 123
Sr Stanislaus Kennedy 132
Mary Robinson 141
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey 150
Garry Hynes 158
Paula Meehan 169
Sonia O'Sullivan 180