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Unmanageable Revolutionaries describes how Irish women (despite their frequent omission from the history books) have always played a key role in the struggle for independence. The author focuses on three pivotal Irish nationalist womens organisations the Ladies Land League, Inghinidhe na hEireann and Cumann na mBan - to show that women have always been a driving force in Irish political history.
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Unmanageable Revolutionaries : Women and Irish Nationalism
author
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Ward, Margaret.
publisher
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Pluto Press
isbn10 | asin
:
0745310842
print isbn13
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9780745310848
ebook isbn13
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9780585387215
language
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English
subject
Nationalism and feminism--Ireland--History, Women in politics--Ireland--History.
publication date
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1995
lcc
:
HQ1600.3.W37 1995eb
ddc
:
320.9415
subject
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Nationalism and feminism--Ireland--History, Women in politics--Ireland--History.
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Unmanageable Revolutionaries
Women and Irish Nationalism
Margaret Ward
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First published in 1989 Reprinted with a new preface 1995 Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA and 140 Commerce Street, East Haven, CT 06512, USA
Copyright Margaret Ward 1989, 1995 The right of Margaret Ward to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 0 7453 1085 0 hbk
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress
Printed in the EC by J.W. Arrowsmith, Bristol, England
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For my mother
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Contents
Preface to the 1995 Printing
ix
Introduction
1
1. The Ladies' Land League, 188182
4
2. Inghinidhe na hEireann, 190014
40
3. Cumann na mBan, 191416: The Early Years
88
4. Cumann na mBan, 191621: Years of Strength
119
5. Cumann na mBan, 192123: Civil War
156
6. Cumann na mBan, 192440: The Irreconcilables
199
7. Conclusion
248
Notes
264
Index
290
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Preface to the 1995 Printing
Unmanageable Revolutionaries was written thirteen years ago. A great deal has happened in Ireland since that time, and I and other researchers have subsequently discovered much more about women's contribution to the course of Irish history. Despite this, I don't think the argument I put forward then has been seriously challenged. My account of what took place during a century of struggle against British rule in Ireland demonstrated not only that Irish women had an important historyand one that had been largely ignored or forgottenbut also that their heroic contribution had in no sense encouraged the majority of their male comrades to recognise women as political equals. Only when women insisted upon the acceptance of their own agenda was any small progress made on their march to citizenship. However, disagreements over priorities meant that women themselves were often unable to present a united front, which meant that their impact on the overall direction of the movement was far less than it might otherwise have been.
Although I would not alter these conclusions, what I would do, if this book were to be written now, in the light of further research, would be to make more explicit the importance of those few occasions when support was given to each other by nationalist and feminist women. I think it is appropriate, given the very different circumstances we are living in (in comparison to the bleak times when I first began to research the activities of nationalist women), to use the opportunity of a new edition to outline some of that
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history. Now that political and military stalemate have been replaced by some optimism that there is a point to negotiation and discussion, the past efforts of women to be included in those discussionsand the absolute necessity of building a movement of mutual supporthas even greater relevance than before. Those who believe knowledge of the past can contribute to a more informed understanding of the dilemmas of the present will, I hope, appreciate the importance of looking again at events whichalthough occurring in the early years of the centuryhave such important consequences for us all.
In the vital period after the 1916 Rising, while the nationalist movement slowly regrouped, all sorts of delicate negotiations were taking place behind closed doors to ensure that the movement remained united. Although the male leadership was ready to include many groups that might otherwise have caused difficulties if left on the outside, they proved to be more resistant to women's claims for inclusion. Only after very determined action on the part of a small group of women was their demand for an equality of status at least partially accepted. It was an important time, the eve of the birth of the nation, and women were in danger of being sidelined from the real centres of power. The possible parallels with present-day events are striking.
In April 1917 a small group of women came together at the home of Countess Plunkett, mother of one of the executed leaders of the Rising. They included members of Cumann na mBan, women from the Irish Women Workers Union, former members of the Irish Citizen Army and some others who were unaligned with these groups. After her release from prison, Constance Markievicz was coopted
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