The Daughters Of Maeve 50 Irish Women Who Changed World

Author : Gina Sigillito
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780806536095

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The Daughters Of Maeve: 50 Irish Women Who Changed World by Gina Sigillito Pdf

For Hundreds of Years. . .In Ireland and the New World. . . Irish Women Have Made a Difference From ancient times to the present, Irish women have made their mark in times of peace and war, in Ireland and America. With their accomplishments largely ignored by the history books, these extraordinary women have fought for equality, struggled for independence, and met the challenge of nation building. Courageous, passionate, creative, able to stand tall on the battlefield--and in the kitchen--their stories will inspire brave women everywhere, for the daughters of Maeve have achieved remarkable feats against incredible odds. Meet women such as-- Brigid . . . saint and patroness of Ireland Grace O'Malley . . . pirate queen of Connacht Queen Maeve . . . ancient warrior Clara Dillon Darrow . . . suffragist Mother Jones . . . union leader Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy . . . U.S. first lady Sinead O'Connor . . . singer Mary Robinson . . . president of Ireland Maureen O'Hara . . . actress Sandra Day O'Connor . . . Supreme Court justice Maud Gonne . . . Irish revolutionary This indispensable reference will move, instruct, and empower readers to reach for their dreams as they stand on the shoulders of great Irish women. 50 Fascinating Profiles Gina Sigillito has studied Irish history, art, literature, and politics at the Irish Arts Centre, Ireland House at New York University, and Trinity College, Dublin. She has served as a guest host and producer on the Irish radio program Radio Free Éireann and has traveled extensively throughout Ireland. She is co-author of The Wisdom of the Celts, also available from Citadel Press.

Author : Jodi Burkett
Publisher : Springer
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319582412

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Students in Twentieth-Century Britain and Ireland by Jodi Burkett Pdf

This book explores the experiences and activities of students across the twentieth century and throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland. The daily experiences of students, their involvement in local communities, national political organisations and widespread cultural changes, are the main focus of this ground-breaking book. It takes students themselves as the subject of inquiry, exploring the fundamental importance of student activities within wider social and political changes and also how some of the key changes across the twentieth century have shaped and changed the make-up, experiences, and lives of students. This book charts the experiences of students throughout a period of unprecedented change as being a student in Britain and Ireland has gone from the endeavour of a small number of elite, mainly wealthy white men, to an important phase of life undertaken by the majority of young people.

Author : Sophy Ridge
Publisher : Coronet
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781473638785

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The Women Who Shaped Politics by Sophy Ridge Pdf

Sophy Ridge, presenter for Sky News, has uncovered the extraordinary stories of the women who have shaped British politics. Never has the role of women in the political world ever been more on the news agenda, and Sophy has interviewed current and former politicians including among others, Nicola Sturgeon, Ruth Davidson, Betty Boothroyd gain exclusive insight into the role women play in politics at the highest level. The book also includes Theresa May's first at-length interview about her journey to becoming Prime Minister. These interviews have revealed the shocking truth about the sexism that is rife among the House of Commons both in the past and today, with sometimes astonishing, and sometimes amusing anecdotes revealing how women in Westminster have worked to counter the gender bias. Sophy provides gripping insight into historical and contemporary stories which will fascinate not just those interested in politics but those who want to know more about women's vital role in democracy. From royalty to writers and from class warriors to suffragettes, Sophy tells the story of those who put their lives on the line for equal rights, and those who were the first to set foot inside the chambers of power, bringing together stories that you may think you know, and stories that have recently been discovered to reveal the truth about what it is to be a woman in Westminster. This book is a celebration of the differing ways that women have shaped the political landscape. The book also, importantly, sheds light on the challenges faced by women in government today, telling us the ways that women working in politics battle the sexism that confront them on a daily basis.

Author : Stephen J. Strauss-Walsh
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000883800

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A History of Victims of Crime by Stephen J. Strauss-Walsh Pdf

This book examines the evolution of the contemporary crime victim’s procedural place within modern Western societies. Taking the history of the Irish crime victim as a case study, the work charts the place of victims within criminal justice over time. This evolves from the expansive latitude that they had during the eighteenth century, to their major relegation to witness and informer in the nineteenth, and back to a more contemporary recapturing of some of their previous centrality. The book also studies what this has meant for the position of suspects and offenders as well as the population more generally. Therefore, some analysis is devoted to examining its impact on an offender’s right to fair trial and social forms. It is held that the modern crime victim has transcended its position of marginality. This happened not only in law, but as the consequence of the victim’s new role as a key sociopolitical stakeholder. This work flags the importance of victim rights conferrals, and the social transformations that engendered such trends. In this way victim re-emergence is evidenced as being not just a legal change, but a consequence of several more recent sociocultural transformations in our societies. The book will be of interest to researchers, academics, and policy makers in criminal law, human rights law, criminology, and legal history.

Author : Brenda Ayres
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781783086863

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Betwixt and Between by Brenda Ayres Pdf

Betwixt and Between identifies the biases, errors and ambiguities that have run rampant in the biographies on Mary Wollstonecraft, many of them left unchecked and perpetuated from publication to publication. Brenda Ayres investigates the agenda, problems and strengths of eighteen critical biographies, beginning with William Godwin’s Memoirs (1798), ending with Charlotte Gordon’s Romantic Outlaws (2015) and including ten lesser-known biographies. Betwixt and Between synthesizes the biographies, exposes gaps and contradictions, and attempts to fill and reconcile them, supplying in the process considerable information on Wollstonecraft that has never before been published.

Author : Bonnie G. Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474272940

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Women in World History by Bonnie G. Smith Pdf

Women in World History brings together the most recent scholarship in women's and world history in a single volume covering the period from 1450 to the present, enabling readers to understand women's relationship to world developments over the past five hundred years. Women have served the world as unfree people, often forced to migrate as slaves, trafficked sex workers, and indentured laborers working off debts. Diseases have migrated through women's bodies and women themselves have deliberately spread religious belief and fervor as well as ideas. They have been global authors, soldiers, and astronauts encircling the globe and moving far beyond it. They have written classics in political and social thought and crafted literary and artistic works alongside others who were revolutionaries and reform-minded activists. Historical scholarship has shown that there is virtually no part of the world where women's presence is not manifest, whether in archives, oral testimonials, personal papers, the material record, evidence of disease and famine, myth and religious teachings, and myriad other forms of documentation. As these studies mount, the idea of surveying women's past on a global basis becomes daunting. This book aims to redress this situation and offer a synthetic world history of women in modern times.

Author : Vivien Newman
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781526718990

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Suffragism and the Great War by Vivien Newman Pdf

Join Dr Vivien Newman, arm in arm, with some of the formidable women of the pre-First World War suffrage and anti-suffrage movements as, on the declaration of war, they turn their considerable skills, honed over 50 years of active campaigning, to both support of the war and the pursuit of peace.Get to know how these women could bend politicians' wills to their own, challenge and break the many role-norms of contemporary patriarchal society, raise hundreds of thousands of pounds in voluntary contributions and help convince the US public to join the Allied Cause.This book explodes many myths, including the simplistic idea that it was women's war service alone which led to their partial enfranchisement in 1918 as some form of reward from a grateful nation.Vivien Newman reveals a social tapestry which is both complex and infinitely fascinating, one of old friendships broken and new ones formed, shifting alliances and bitter rivalries, of loyalties and even betrayals.

Author : Tiffany K. Wayne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 2571 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216167464

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Women's Rights in the United States [4 volumes] by Tiffany K. Wayne Pdf

A comprehensive encyclopedia tracing the history of the women's rights movement in the United States from the American Revolution to the present day. Few realize that the origin of the discussion on women's rights emerged out of the anti-slavery movement of the 19th century, and that suffragists were active in the peace and labor movements long after the right to vote was granted. Thus began the confluence of activism in our country, where the rights of women both followed—and led—the social and political discourse in America. Through 4 volumes and more than 800 entries, editor Tiffany K. Wayne, with advising editor Lois Banner, examine the issues, people, and events of women's activism, from the early period of American history to the present time. This comprehensive reference not only traces the historical evolution of the movement, but also covers current issues affecting women, such as reproductive freedom, political participation, pay equity, violence against women, and gay civil rights.

Author : Mary O'Dowd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317877257

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A History of Women in Ireland, 1500-1800 by Mary O'Dowd Pdf

The first general survey of the history of women in early modern Ireland. Based on an impressive range of source material, it presents the results of original research into women’s lives and experiences in Ireland from 1500 to 1800. This was a time of considerable change in Ireland as English colonisation, religious reform and urbanisation transformed society on the island. Gaelic society based on dynastic lordships and Brehon Law gave way to an anglicised and centralised form of government and an English legal system.

Author : Margaret Keiley-Listermann
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : NWU:35556040949026

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Sinn Féin Women by Margaret Keiley-Listermann Pdf

"The role of women in Sinn Fein has been varied, often in a supportive capacity simply below the surface, but Sinn Fein women have not been just behind the scenes or in the shadows. Republican women may have been foot soldiers in the movement, but they have also been generals leading the command for equality.

Author : Debbie Blake
Publisher : Nonsuch Publishing, Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Women
ISBN : 1845888812

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Daughters of Ireland by Debbie Blake Pdf

Daughters of Ireland is a collection of fifteen mini-biographies of exceptional Irish women, each pioneers in their field. We follow their lives from childhood through the development of their careers, achievements and legacies. Each woman followed a different path, achieving their goals in various professions including aviation, nursing, veterinary, education, architecture and the performing arts. Drawing from original material and unpublished writings, this work explores their fascinating and inspiring stories.

Author : Marian Broderick
Publisher : The O'Brien Press Ltd
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781788490672

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Bold, Brilliant and Bad by Marian Broderick Pdf

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.

Author : Siobhán Parkinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Ireland
ISBN : 1912417081

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Rocking the System by Siobhán Parkinson Pdf

Twenty gutsy women who have changed history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Feminism
ISBN : UCBK:C098759700

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New Books on Women, Gender and Feminism by Anonim Pdf

Author : Maeve Omstead Johnston
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781460262573

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An Irish History by Maeve Omstead Johnston Pdf

The lure of a more promising life in Canada drew gentleman farmer Sean, his wife Maggie, and their six children away from the gloomy and tumultuous outlook they faced in their native Ireland. Over the years, Sean’s work in the food industry and other management positions allowed the talented, hard-working family to enjoy a comfortable, though modest, lifestyle in rural Quebec and Ontario. The routine workings of a large household are laced with love and loss, and the passages of time are peppered with tragedy, triumph, and new beginnings. Author Maeve Omstead Johnston tells the tender, historically inspired story with a courageous voice and an insider’s touch. An Irish History explores the issues of marriage, friendship, parenthood, and aging while highlighting the economic struggle and ravages of war that dominated the early 1900s through to the middle of that century. Most of all, this endearing tale builds an intimate and lasting relationship between the reader and the remarkable family depicted on its pages.