Irish Studies / Women's Studies / Biography
Wild Irish Women
Marian Broderick
"After reading this book, one can never again ignore the role of Irishwomen."—Dublin Historical Record
Writers, killers, nuns, patriots, artists, healers, pirates, politicians, entertainers, saints, courtesans, leaders, revolutionaries, lovers, warriors, witches, record-breakers, and eccentrics are among the eclectic roster of Irishwomen resurrected from the dustbins of history by this "rollicking read" (according to Books Ireland).
In times when women were expected to marry and have children, they traveled the world and sought out adventures. In times when women were expected to be seen and not heard, they spoke out against oppression and used every creative means available to express their ideas and beliefs. Editor and writer Marian Broderick provides us with a series of lively portraits of seventy-five unorthodox Irishwomen. In these pages you will meet women you will never forget: Maria Edworth, Lady Jane Wilde, Lady Augusta Gregory, Peig Sayers, Nora Barnacle, Kitty Kiernan, Anne Bonny, Anne Devlin, Mother Jones, Countess Constance Markievicz, Hanna Sheey Skeffington, Fanny and Anna Parnell, Maud Gonne, St. Brighid, Margaret Leeson, Lady Betty, Queen Maeve of Connacht, Molly Brown, Kathleen Behan, Lola Monez, Daisy Bates, Greer Garson, Lilly and Lolly Yeats, and many more.
Marian Broderick is an editor and a writer who lives and works in London. The daughter of Irish parents, Broderick spent many childhood summers in the southwest of Ireland where she developed strong links with the place and the people. This is her first book.Copublished with the O'Brien Press, Dublin
December 2003
320 pp. 5 1/2 x 7 3/4
32 b/w photos, 2 galleries
ISBN 0-299-19584-8 Paper $15.95 t
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