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Bold, Brilliant and Bad
Irish Women from History|
11,99 € |
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| Verlag: | The O'brien Press |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 10.09.2018 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781788490672 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 304 |
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From every county in Ireland Bold, Brilliant & Bad draws together the stories of over 120 amazing Irish women. Marian Broderick is back to explore the histories of remarkable Irish Women in history. From creative craftswomen to singing sensations, poets to sporting champions. From Lilian Bland to Maeve Binchy and from Anne O'Brien to Professor Sheila Tinney, these women paved the way for the future and made massive changes in their various fields.
Meet the women from history who went against the grain and challenged the expectations of the world. There were and are a force to be reckoned with.
Meet the women from history who went against the grain and challenged the expectations of the world. There were and are a force to be reckoned with.
<p>DID YOU KNOWS page 8</p><p>INTRODUCTION 11</p><p>WORLD FIRSTS … 13</p><p>Lizzie Le Blond 15</p><p>Lilian Bland 20</p><p>Kay McNulty 24</p><p>... AND IRISH FIRSTS 29</p><p>Dr Emily Winifred Dickson 30</p><p>Beatrice Hill-Lowe 35</p><p>Dame Iris Murdoch 39</p><p>SPORTING CHAMPIONS 44</p><p>Lena Rice 45</p><p>Kay Mills 49</p><p>Philomena Garvey 52</p><p>Anne O'Brien 56</p><p>THE LIFE SCIENTIFIC 60</p><p>The Honourable Mary Ward 61</p><p>Agnes Mary Clerke 64</p><p>Dr Dorothy Stopford Price 67</p><p>Professor Sheila Tinney 72</p><p>WORKING-CLASS HEROINES 76</p><p>Winifred Carney 77</p><p>Rosie Hackett 82</p><p>Margaret Skinnider 86</p><p>VOTES! 92</p><p>Anna Haslam 93</p><p>Eva Gore-Booth 97</p><p>Gretta Cousins 102</p><p>WOMEN OF FAITH 109</p><p>Saint Ita 110</p><p>Sister Anthony O'Connell 114</p><p>Mother Kevin Kearney 119</p><p>Sister Sarah Clarke 124</p><p>ACROSS THE SEA 130</p><p>Nellie Cashman 131</p><p>Amy Carmichael 136</p><p>Annie Moore 140</p><p>Carmel Snow 144</p><p>THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW 150</p><p>Darkey Kelly 151</p><p>Catherine Flanagan and Margaret Higgins 155</p><p>Ellen Kelly 160</p><p>Josephine 'Chicago Joe' Hensley 166</p><p>Lizzie Halliday 170</p><p>'Typhoid Mary' Mallon 174</p><p>May Churchill Sharpe 177</p><p>POETRY AND PROSE 183</p><p>Líadain 184</p><p>Laetitia Pilkington 188</p><p>Máire Bhuí Ní Laoghaire 195</p><p>Máire MacNeill 199</p><p>Maeve Binchy 205</p><p>ARTS AND CRAFTSWOMEN 210</p><p>Eileen Gray 211</p><p>Evie Hone 216</p><p>Sybil Connolly 220</p><p>SING THE OLD SONG 224</p><p>Catherine Hayes 225</p><p>Margaret Burke Sheridan 230</p><p>Maureen O'Hara 235</p><p>Kitty Linnane 239</p><p>UNHEARD VOICES 243</p><p>Ellen Hanley, The Colleen Bawn 244</p><p>Elizabeth O'Farrell 250</p><p>Bridget Hitler 254</p><p>Margaret Hassan 259</p><p>GAELIC BLUEBLOODS 263</p><p>Devorgilla 264</p><p>Aoife 269</p><p>Margaret of the Hospitalities 273</p><p>Nuala O'Donnell 276</p><p>GLOSSARY AND SOURCES 286</p><p>WOMEN BY COUNTY 295</p><p>INDEX OF WOMEN 299</p><p>PICTURE CREDITS 303</p>
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