Wild Irish Women: Extraordinary Lives from History.
Author: BRODERICK, Marian.
Dublin: O’Brien Press, 2001. 316 pages. Hardback.
Wild Irish Women brings together a fascinating collection of unusual, unorthodox and unforgettable women. In every era of Ireland’s history there have been those who have ignored society’s conventions. In times when women were expected to marry and have children, they travelled the world and sought out adventures; in times when women were expected to be seen and not heard, they spoke out in loud voices against oppression; in times when women were expected to have no interest in politics, literature, art or the world outside the home, they used every creative means available to give expression to their thoughts, ideas and beliefs.
Irish people today have a long roll-call of female ancestors to inspire, amuse and outrage them. In a series of lively portraits, Marian Broderick tells the life stories of seventy-five women -well-known and unfamiliar - from all walks of life. Included are writers, artists, male impersonators, patriots, pirates, healers, killers, mistresses, warriors, record-breakers, journalists, film stars and saints.
These entertaining biographies reveal the truly irrepressible spirit of Irish womanhood over the centuries.
CONTENTS:-
INTRODUCTION
WOMEN OF LETTERS
Maria Edgeworth
Lady Sydney Morgan
Marguerite, Countess of Blessington
Lady Jane Wilde
Lady Augusta Gregory
Somerville and Ross
Peig Sayers
Kate O’Brien
WIVES AND LOVERS
Eleanor FitzGerald, Countess of Desmond
Marie Louise (Louison) O’Morphi
Eibhlin Dubh ni Chonaill
Dora Jordan
Sarah Curran
Katharine O’Shea
Bridget Cleary
Nora Barnacle
Kitty Kiernan
THE GREAT PRETENDERS
Kit Cavanagh
Anne Bonny
Dr James Barry
WOMEN ON THE FRONT LINE
Anne Devlin
Mother Jones
Madame Eliza Lynch
Dr Kathleen Lynn
Delia Larkin
Mairead Farrell
Veronica Guerin
AHEAD OF THEIR TIME
Lady Arabella Denny
Nano Nagle
Ladies of Llangollen
Mary Ann McCracken
Kate Tyrrell
Countess Constance Markievicz
Hanna Sheehy Skeffington
Dame Kathleen Lonsdale
POLITICAL ANIMALS
Gormlaith
Charlotte Despard
Fanny and Anna Parnell
Maud Gonne
Louie Bennett
Mary MacSwiney
Kathleen Clarke
SAINTS AND SINNERS
St Brighid
Dame Alice Kyteler
Margaret Leeson
Lady Betty
Venerable Catherine McAuley
TOUGH COOKIES
Queen Maeve of Connacht
Katherine FitzGerald, Old Countess of Desmond
Grace O’Malley
Inion Dubh
Maire Rua O’Brien
Biddy Early
Molly Brown
Kathleen Behan
INTREPID TRAVELLERS
Lola Montez
Daisy Bates
Beatrice Grimshaw
Lady Mary Heath
Maura ‘Soshin’ O’Halloran
STARS OF STAGE AND SCREEN
Peg Woffington
George Anne Bellamy
Sara Allgood
Dame Ninette de Valois
Greer Garson
Siobhan McKenna
ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENTS
Sarah Purser
Lily and Lolly Yeats
Grace Gifford
Mainie Jellett
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 0862787033
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