Haverty, Anne. Constance Markievicz: An Independent Life. Pandora.
182, 189
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politics | Constance, Countess Markievicz | Constance, Countess Markievicz,
was arrested along with other Sinn Féin
leaders (including Maud Gonne
) on the pretext of a German Plot, and imprisoned in Holloway Jail
; she was not released until 10 March 1919. Haverty, Anne. Constance Markievicz: An Independent Life. Pandora. 182, 189 |
politics | Constance, Countess Markievicz | Standing from prison for the constituency of St Patrick's, Dublin, Constance, Countess Markievicz,
became the first woman elected to the British Parliament
; but, following Sinn Féin
policy, she did not take her seat at Westminster. Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century. 356 Cook, Chris, and John Stevenson. The Longman Handbook of Modern British History, 1714-1980. Longman. 68-9 |
politics | Constance, Countess Markievicz | Constance, Countess Markievicz,
resigned as President of Cumann na mBan
(the women's council of the Irish Volunteers
) in order to join Fianna Fail
(Soldiers of Destiny
), a party formed by Eamon De Valera |
politics | Constance, Countess Markievicz | She was also elected to the committee that produced the new Inine journal Bean na h-Eireann (meaning woman of Ireland).She was introduced to the Inine group by Helena Molony
, an activist who met... |
politics | Constance, Countess Markievicz | CCM
held training camps for the boys (initially at her home) at which, with Helena Molony
and others, she gave them lessons in Gaelic, drills, and firearm handling. The new group was criticized by Arthur Griffith |
Residence | Constance, Countess Markievicz | The principal participants were CCM
, Helena Molony
, and Bulmer Hobson
(Constance's husband was in the Ukraine). They held Fianna
camps there, and commuted back into Dublin for Sinn Féin
and Inghinidhe na hEireann |
politics | Constance, Countess Markievicz | Despite her focus on the ICA, CCM
maintained a passionate involvement with many (sometimes conflicting) groups, such as Sinn Féin
, the Irish Republican Brotherhood
, and the Irish Volunteers
. Haverty, Anne. Constance Markievicz: An Independent Life. Pandora. 104, 118, 121 |
politics | Constance, Countess Markievicz | About half of the seventy-three Sinn Fein members who were elected were still imprisoned. Sinn Féin
boycotted the House of Commons
and formed the republican parliament Dail Eireann
in Dublin. Marreco, Anne. The Rebel Countess: The Life and Times of Constance Markievicz. Chilton Books. 243, 245 Coxhead, Elizabeth. Daughters of Erin: Five Women of the Irish Renascence. Secker and Warburg. 104-5 |
Occupation | Constance, Countess Markievicz | While CCM
was imprisoned the Dail
was declared illegal and Sinn Féin
, Cumann na mBan
, and other groups were proscribed. Following her release, she remained head of the Labour ministry and joined her... |
politics | Constance, Countess Markievicz | CCM
returned home to further conflict. Shortly after losing her seat in the Pact Election of June 1922, she joined the IRA Irregulars
in a violent seizure of prominent public buildings, the Four Courts, in... |
politics | Constance, Countess Markievicz | Constance, Countess Markievicz,
joined the women's nationalist group Inghinidhe na hEireann
(Daughters of Ireland
), founded by Maud Gonne
in 1900. She joined Sinn Féin
, too, this year. Haverty, Anne. Constance Markievicz: An Independent Life. Pandora. 61-2, 73 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
politics | Constance, Countess Markievicz | Constance, Countess Markievicz,
was elected to the executive of Sinn Féin
, newly reorganized by Eamon De Valera
. Coxhead, Elizabeth. Daughters of Erin: Five Women of the Irish Renascence. Secker and Warburg. 102 Marreco, Anne. The Rebel Countess: The Life and Times of Constance Markievicz. Chilton Books. 236 |
politics | Charlotte Despard | |
Family and Intimate relationships | Charlotte Despard | CD
's younger brother, later Sir John French
, had a high-profile military career. He became a Field Marshal in 1913 and commander of the British Expeditionary Force
in Europe at the start of the... |
politics | Charlotte Despard |
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