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Mary, Lady Heath [a] (17 November 1896 – 9 May 1939) [1] was an Irish aviator and sportswoman. Born Sophie Catherine Theresa Mary Peirce-Evans in Knockaderry, County Limerick, near the town of Newcastle West. She was one of the best-known women in the world for a five-year period from the mid-1920s.
A list of Irish historians is presented in this article, from the earliest times up to the present day, by historical periods and in alphabetically order for easier reference. Many of the earlier historians would have been known in their time as: "Irish Men and Women of Learning".
Elizabeth O'Farrell (Irish: Éilís Ní Fhearghail; 5 November 1883 – 25 June 1957) [1] was an Irish nurse, republican and member of Cumann na mBan, best known for delivering the surrender in the Easter Rising of 1916.
It includes Irish painters that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "20th-century Irish women painters" The following 81 pages are in this category, out of 81 total.
This is a list of women artists who were born in Ireland or whose artworks are closely associated with that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington (1877–1946) – founder-member of the Irish Women's Franchise League; Margaret Skinnider (1892–1971) – Scottish-born Irish revolutionary, feminist, suffragist; Isabella Tod (1836–1896) – Scottish-born Irish unionist, helped secure women the municipal vote in Belfast.
The pioneer of the women's movement on Ireland was Anna Haslam, who in 1876 founded the pioneering Dublin Women's Suffrage Association (DSWA), which campaigned for a greater role for women in local government and public affairs, aside from being the first women's suffrage society (after the Irish Women's Suffrage Society by Isabella Tod in 1872 ...
Mabel Sharman Crawford (1820–1912), an Irish adventurer, feminist and writer; Isabella Valancy Crawford (1846–1887), Irish-born Canadian poet, short story writer, novelist; Máirín Cregan (1891–1975), nationalist and writer; Elizabeth Christitch (1861–January 26, 1933) Irish journalist, writer, poet, translator and Serbian patriot