Constance Markievicz
Interested in the role of Irish women during the violent birth of modern Ireland?
Then get thee to the Newman House on St Stephen’s Green, Dublin on Friday, from 2pm until 6pm, for a free seminar, entitled Revolting Women: Irish Feminist, Labour and Nationalist Movements 1913-1923.
They say:
“The seminar showcases the archaeological work of Laura McAtackney who recorded and analysed the graffiti on the walls and prison cells of Kilmainham Gaol, particularly focussing on the graffiti by women political prisoners.
The seminar will also reveal key findings from papers by political revolutionary women which have been hitherto overlooked in public archives.”
“Papers by Will Murphy, Rosemary Cullen-Owens, Dr Ann Matthews and Padraig Yeates examine how gender roles and divisions came into play in this era and also how the position of women in Ireland today might frame a certain number of key questions in historical research.”
“A closing roundtable of Lindsey Earner-Byrne, Linda Connolly and Margaret Ward addresses the wider questions of why history matters to those of us interested in gender relations, and the more contested question of why gender matters in history writing.”
Revolting Women: Irish Feminist, Labour & Nationalist Movements 1913-1923 (Eventbrite)
seriously? a friday afternoon?!
It’s so the academics can get drunk after
Yeah, those bluestockings can DRANK!
Are they like blueshirts but closer to the floor because they are pi**ed?
I dunno – it’s just a term of affection for tweedy, smart women that I really dig.