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Constance Markievicz

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Constance Markievicz

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Also known as Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz, Constance Georgina Markievicz, Constance Georgine Gore-Booth, Madame de Markievicz, Mme de Markievicz, Constance Georgine Markievicz, Madame Markievicz, Constance, Countess Markiewicz

Irish politician, first woman elected to the Westminster House of Commons and the Dáil Éireann, and first female Cabinet member in Europe

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Born
1868
Died
1927
Works
6

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  • Prison letters of Countess Markievicz (Constance Gore-Booth)
  • Prison letters of Countess Markievicz (Constance Gore-Booth)
  • A call to the women of Ireland
  • Prison letters of Countess Markievicz
  • Prison letters of Countess Markievicz (Constance Gore-Booth). also Poems and articles relating to Easter Week

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1939-05-09
Active to
2021-03-19
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Works
1
Cited by
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Most cited works

  • Prison Letters of Countess Markievicz1987 · 14 cit

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Quotes

  • Dress suitably in short skirts and strong boots, leave your jewels and gold wands in the bank, and buy a revolver.
  • Armed for the battle, kneel we before thee / Bless Thou our banners, God of the Brave

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Key facts

Preceded by
New office
Succeeded by
Joseph McGrath
Constituency
Dublin South
Born
Constance Georgine Gore-Booth , ( 1868-02-04 ) 4 February 1868, London, England
Died
15 July 1927 (1927-07-15) (aged 59), Dublin , Ireland
Resting place
Glasnevin Cemetery , Dublin , Ireland
Party
Fianna Fáil (1926–1927) Sinn Féin (1908–1926)
Spouse
Casimir Markievicz (m. 1900)
Relations
Eva Gore-Booth (sister)
Children
Maeve Markievicz (1901–1962)
Parents
Sir Henry Gore-Booth Georgina Hill
Allegiance
Irish Republic
Branch
Irish Citizen Army Irish Republican Army Cumann na mBan
Service years
1913–1923
Rank
Lieutenant
Conflicts
Dublin Lockout Easter Rising Irish War of Independence Irish Civil War

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Constance Markiewicz
date of birth
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1926-00-00
birth name
Constance Georgine Gore-Booth
married name
Markiewicz
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Constance Georgine Markievicz (Polish: Markiewicz [marˈkʲɛvitʂ]; née Gore-Booth; 4 February 1868 – 15 July 1927), also known as Countess Markievicz and Madame Markievicz, was an Irish revolutionary nationalist politician, suffragist and socialist who was the first woman elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Born in London, she came from the Anglo-Irish Protestant landowning elite, which she abandoned in favour of Irish independence and social reform.

A founding member of Fianna Éireann, Cumann na mBan and the Irish Citizen Army, she took part in the Easter Rising in 1916, when Irish republicans attempted to end British rule and establish an Irish Republic. She was sentenced to death but her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on the grounds of her sex.

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