Angielskie ślimaki w irlandzkim ogrodzie – poglądy polityczne i społeczne Constance Markievicz
English Snails in the Irish Garden – Social and Political Mindset of Constance Markievic

Author(s): Antonina Pawłowska
Subject(s): Ancient World, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Easter Rising; history of Ireland; Constance Markievicz; Irish Republican Army; women’s suffrage
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses issues related to the life of Constance Markievicz, an Irish nationalist, one of the leaders of the Easter Rising and the first woman to be elected to the British House of Commons. The aim of the article is to portray factors that shaped Markievicz’s political and social mindset and also to characterize her influence on the formation of the Irish nationalist organizations. The sources for this analysis were testimonies from the collection of the Irish Bureau of Military History, transcripts of Dáil Éireann debates, and Markievicz’s political writings and speeches.

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