The story of the Irish revolutionary period in the early twentieth century from the perspective of female activists. This book highlights a time when vast numbers of Irish women were politicised and imprisoned for their beliefs, with a special emphasis on one prison, Kilmainham Gaol. The women portrayed in the book represent all walks of life: shop assistants, doctors, housewives, laundry workers, artists, teachers. There were married women, mothers, single and widowed women and even mere schoolchildren. They played a full role in the revolutions, acting as spies, couriers, snipers, gun-runners, medics, and endured the full rigours of prison life.
- ISBN10 0862788137
- ISBN13 9780862788131
- Publish Date 16 September 2003
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 April 2007
- Publish Country IE
- Imprint O'Brien Press Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 288
- Language English