Constance Markievicz, born Constance Gore-Booth, was the first woman to be elected to the House of Commons in December 1918. As a Sinn Fein member, she did not take her seat. She had, of course, played a central role in the Easter Rising of 1916; spared execution because of her sex, she went on to spend five years of her life in prison in Ireland and England. Constance was a highly political person, but in her many letters to her sister Eva Gore-Booth, other, more domestic, even more spiritual, aspects of her personality emerge. The monologue mingles Constance's own words with recollections and evocations of her life and times - the politics, the arts, theatre, poetry and the Dublin social life that were part of her experiences, as well as her love of nature, animals, gardening, and hunting.
- ISBN13 9781911131564
- Publish Date 5 November 2018
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country IE
- Imprint Choice Publishing
- Format Paperback
- Pages 78
- Language English