Eva Gore-Booth : Irish radical poet, rebel and reformer / Sonja Tiernan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tiernan, Sonja, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gore-Booth, Eva, 1870-1926.

Women social reformers--Ireland--Biography.

Women social reformers.

Social reformers--Ireland--Biography.

Social reformers.

Women authors, Irish--20th century--Biography.

Women authors, Irish.

Authors, Irish--Biography.

Authors, Irish.

Local Subjects:

Gore-Booth, Eva, 1870-1926.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Eva Gore-Booth

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2026.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Biography/History:

Sonja Tiernan is the All island co-ordinator for the Irish Humanities Alliance at the Royal Irish Academy, and the author of a number of books on Eva Gore-Booth. In 2025 she was elected President of the Women's History Association of Ireland.

Summary:

This anniversary reissue of the acclaimed biography tells the remarkable life story of Eva Gore-Booth, an author and activist who rejected her aristocratic heritage and became a champion of Irish independence and women's suffrage.

Contents:

Preface to the anniversary edition

Introducing the Gore-Booth family

1. Life in the big house: childhood and Lissadell

2. A pair of oddities: meeting Esther Roper

3. The birth of a rebel: social reform in Manchester

4. Sadder and wiser women: Lancashire trade unions

5. Women who kick, shriek, bite and spit: suffragists and suffragettes

6. Defending barmaids: legislative proposals and Winston Churchill

7. World War One: from trade unionism to peace movements

8. Conscientious objectors and revolution: world war and an Irish rebellion

9. Roger Casement and the aftermath of the Easter Rising

10. Prison reform and military conscription in Ireland

11. Radical sexual politics and post-war religion

12. Final years

Afterword

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-5261-9696-4

9781526196958

OCLC:

1577546674