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Five Irish republican women conducted lecture tours in the United States from 1916 to 1925: Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, Mary MacSwiney, Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney, Countess Constance Markievicz and Mrs. Margaret Pearse. Each tour involved fundraising, but the primary goal was to educate and inform Americans, particularly Irish-Americans, about the injustices of British rule in Ireland. This book examines their lecture tours in depth: the circumstances, often controversial, of each tour; the many people the women encountered, including the leading political figures of the day such as President Woodrow Wilson; transcripts of their speeches; the reaction of the American public; the politics surrounding the tour; the press coverage and the impact of the tour. Drawing on their letters, their speeches, press reports, and accounts of the strong impressions the women left on their American audiences, the author paints a vivid and personal portrait of each woman. <p>The political astuteness and success of Irish republican women during this period far surpassed the achievements of their sisters in other parts of the world. This book celebrates the heroism, conviction and enormous self-sacrifice of

Author

Joanne Mooney Einhacker; Micheline Sheehy Skeffington

Publisher

Tara Books (an imprint of Irish Academic Press Ltd )

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780716526889

Subjects

History, Political Science, Humanities