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The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn: A Life Revealed through Personal Writing
Mary McAuliffe And Harriet Wheelock
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The diaries of Dr Kathleen Lynn, 1916-1955, cover her involvement in the 1916 Rising, the War of Independence, the Civil War, and the formative three and a half decades of the Irish Free State. They demonstrate the revolutionary, socialist and feminist fervour of a radical revolutionary woman, what motivated her and the work she did for women, workers, and Ireland. The diaries, held in the archives of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI), reveal the often-difficult road that radical political women forged in the new Irish Free State, which viewed women through the constraining lens of marriage, motherhood, ... Read more
The diaries of Dr Kathleen Lynn, 1916-1955, cover her involvement in the 1916 Rising, the War of Independence, the Civil War, and the formative three and a half decades of the Irish Free State. They demonstrate the revolutionary, socialist and feminist fervour of a radical revolutionary woman, what motivated her and the work she did for women, workers, and Ireland. The diaries, held in the archives of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI), reveal the often-difficult road that radical political women forged in the new Irish Free State, which viewed women through the constraining lens of marriage, motherhood, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
University College Dublin Press Dublin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
, Ireland
ISBN
9781910820018
SKU
V9781910820018
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About Mary McAuliffe And Harriet Wheelock
Mary McAuliffe is a historian and Director of Gender Studies at UCD. Her latest publications include Legacies of the Magdalen Laundries: Commemoration, Gender, and the Postcolonial Carceral State (2021) (co-editor), Margaret Skinnider (Life and Times Series) (2020), and Sexual Politics in Modern Ireland (2015) (co-editor). She is a past President of the Women's History Association of Ireland and is a ... Read more
Reviews for The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn: A Life Revealed through Personal Writing
'Lynn's diaries are among the few eyewitness sources we have for a radical, revolutionary, socialist, and republican woman.'- RTE Brainstorm, 13 Nov 2023.; 'Casts new light on many of the political and social concerns of three decades of Irish life. This volume is a significant addition to Irish history. For me, though, The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn is a book ... Read more