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Dissidents : Irish Republican women, 1922-1941 / Ann Matthews.

Title
Dissidents : Irish Republican women, 1922-1941 / Ann Matthews.
Author
Matthews, Ann.
Publication
Cork : Mercier, c2012.

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352 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
"During the War of Independence around 10,000 Irish women were actively involved in the fight for Irish freedom. So why, with the outbreak of Civil War and in the years following this conflict, did the role of women in Irish politics steadily decline until by the early 1940s only a handful of women were involved? 'Dissidents' explores the reasons for this decline. From the divisions caused by the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which led to a fatal splintering of the women's Republican organisation Cumann na mBan, through the effects of internment during the Civil War on female prisoners and the relegation of the majority of women in Irish politics to the margins, Ann Matthews reveals the story of Republican women in the years following Irish independence. She also asks whether they were responsible for their own demise in the political arena, leaving future generations of Irish women without a foundation on which to build."--Publisher's website.
Alternative Title
Irish Republican women, 1923-1941
Subject
  • Women > Ireland > History > 20th century
  • Women > History > Ireland > 20th century
  • Ireland > History > Civil War, 1922-1923
  • Ireland > Politics and government > 1922-1949
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [338]-345) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Rumblings of dissension -- The republican triad, 1922-23 -- Internment of republican women -- Kilmainham female prison -- The north Dublin Union -- Collapse of the republican triad, 1924-26 -- Anti-climax and reality, 1924-26 -- A new political reality -- The flanders poppy and the Easter lily, 1921-35 -- Commemoration and conflict in the Irish free state 1923-1937 -- Into the political wilderness.
ISBN
  • 9781856359955 (pbk.)
  • 1856359956 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2012454807
OCLC
779864906
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library