Sisters
Published on 20. August 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-911479-83-3 (ISBN)
Description
Nine writers trace the public and private lives of nine sets of sisters. Artists, publishers, writers, educationalists, philanthropists, revolutionaries, suffragists - thinkers all. Independent women with hopes and ideals who overcame barriers, even within their own families, to their participation in public life. Their stories have often been overlooked by the mainstream historical record. These essays take readers on a journey through the centuries from the 1600s to the turbulent years of the independence struggle in 1900s Ireland and uncover the influence, support and rivalries of family.
Nualaidh, Maire and Mairghread O Domhnaill
Alice, Sara, Lettice, Joan, Katherine, Dorothy and Mary Boyle
Katherine, Jane and Mary Conyngham
Deborah, Margaret, Mary and Sarah Shackleton
Lady Sydney Morgan and Lady Olivia Clarke
Anna and Fanny Parnell
Constance and Eva Gore-Booth
Susan and Elizabeth Yeats
Hanna, Margaret, Mary and Kathleen Sheehy
Nualaidh, Maire and Mairghread O Domhnaill
Alice, Sara, Lettice, Joan, Katherine, Dorothy and Mary Boyle
Katherine, Jane and Mary Conyngham
Deborah, Margaret, Mary and Sarah Shackleton
Lady Sydney Morgan and Lady Olivia Clarke
Anna and Fanny Parnell
Constance and Eva Gore-Booth
Susan and Elizabeth Yeats
Hanna, Margaret, Mary and Kathleen Sheehy
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
388 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-911479-83-3 (9781911479833)
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08/2022
Royal Irish Academy
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Persons
Mary O'Dowd is Emeritus Professor in the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics History at Queen's University Belfast. Her research interests focus on gender and social history in early modern Ireland. She was elected a Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2010 and is currently the Secretary for Polite Literature and Antiquities/Humanities in the Academy.
Siobhan Fitzpatrick held the position of Librarian to the Academy until April 2020. She has co-edited several monographs on antiquarian and bibliographical themes and has written on science publication in Ireland.
Siobhan has served as President of the Library Association of Ireland and as Hon. General Secretary of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland and as chair of CONUL.
Siobhan Fitzpatrick held the position of Librarian to the Academy until April 2020. She has co-edited several monographs on antiquarian and bibliographical themes and has written on science publication in Ireland.
Siobhan has served as President of the Library Association of Ireland and as Hon. General Secretary of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland and as chair of CONUL.