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[[Constance Markievicz]] (4 February 1868 – 15 July 1927), born in [[London]], was educated privately, perhaps being one of the most intellectual of the Rebels and being one of the most revered women in Irish history. She married Count Casimir Markievicz, a Polish nobleman and joined [[Sinn Féin]] in 1900 but grew weary of [[Arthur Griffith]]s pacifism. She launched Fianna Eireann in 1909. She became an officer in the [[Irish Citizen's Army]], prompting the resignation of the Socialist [[playwright]] [[Seán O Casey]]. She was a prominent rebel in the 1916 [[Easter Rising]] but her death sentence was commutted on account of her sex. She became President of [[Cumann na mBan]] in 1917 and converted to [[Catholicism]]. She was elected Sinn Féin MP for St Patrick’s Dublin, 1918, thereby being the first woman to be elected to the [[House of Commons]], but did not take her seat due to the Sinn Féin policy of [[abstention]]. She became [[Minister for Labour]] in the [[Cabinet]] of the first [[Dáil Éireann]] while imprisoned between 1919-21 and became Minister for Labor in the second Dáil. She denounced the [[Anglo-Irish Treaty]] as a [[Capitalism|capitalist]] ploy and thus supported the republicans in the [[Irish Civil War]], 1923-4. She then became Sinn Féin abstentionist TD for South Dublin, 1923-7. | [[Constance Markievicz]] (4 February 1868 – 15 July 1927), born in [[London]], was educated privately, perhaps being one of the most intellectual of the Rebels and being one of the most revered women in Irish history. She married Count Casimir Markievicz, a Polish nobleman and joined [[Sinn Féin]] in 1900 but grew weary of [[Arthur Griffith]]s pacifism. She launched Fianna Eireann in 1909. She became an officer in the [[Irish Citizen's Army]], prompting the resignation of the Socialist [[playwright]] [[Seán O Casey]]. She was a prominent rebel in the 1916 [[Easter Rising]] but her death sentence was commutted on account of her sex. She became President of [[Cumann na mBan]] in 1917 and converted to [[Catholicism]]. She was elected Sinn Féin MP for St Patrick’s Dublin, 1918, thereby being the first woman to be elected to the [[House of Commons]], but did not take her seat due to the Sinn Féin policy of [[abstention]]. She became [[Minister for Labour]] in the [[Cabinet]] of the first [[Dáil Éireann]] while imprisoned between 1919-21 and became Minister for Labor in the second Dáil. She denounced the [[Anglo-Irish Treaty]] as a [[Capitalism|capitalist]] ploy and thus supported the republicans in the [[Irish Civil War]], 1923-4. She then became Sinn Féin abstentionist TD for South Dublin, 1923-7. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[Easter Rising]] | * [[Easter Rising]] | ||
Revision as of 06:16, 26 September 2007
Constance Markievicz (4 February 1868 – 15 July 1927), born in London, was educated privately, perhaps being one of the most intellectual of the Rebels and being one of the most revered women in Irish history. She married Count Casimir Markievicz, a Polish nobleman and joined Sinn Féin in 1900 but grew weary of Arthur Griffiths pacifism. She launched Fianna Eireann in 1909. She became an officer in the Irish Citizen's Army, prompting the resignation of the Socialist playwright Seán O Casey. She was a prominent rebel in the 1916 Easter Rising but her death sentence was commutted on account of her sex. She became President of Cumann na mBan in 1917 and converted to Catholicism. She was elected Sinn Féin MP for St Patrick’s Dublin, 1918, thereby being the first woman to be elected to the House of Commons, but did not take her seat due to the Sinn Féin policy of abstention. She became Minister for Labour in the Cabinet of the first Dáil Éireann while imprisoned between 1919-21 and became Minister for Labor in the second Dáil. She denounced the Anglo-Irish Treaty as a capitalist ploy and thus supported the republicans in the Irish Civil War, 1923-4. She then became Sinn Féin abstentionist TD for South Dublin, 1923-7.