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	Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Constance and her younger sister, Eva Gore-Booth, were close friends of the Anglo-Irish poet, W.
		Constance wanted to be an artist and in 1893 she studied art at the Slade School in London and then in Paris, where in the same year she met and married Polish/Ukrainian artist, Count Casimir Dunin-Markiewicz.
		The by-election for her Dáil seat in Dublin South was held on 24th August and won by the Cumann na nGaedhael candidate Thomas Hennessy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Countess_Markievicz (1140 words)

	Sari Oikarinen: "A Dream of Liberty". Constance Markievicz's Vision of Ireland, 1908-1927
		Markievicz emphasized the significance of a shared history and environment as a uniting factor for the Irish, -including Anglo-Irish-, and this was a natural basis related to her own background.
		Markievicz who in the beginning of her career emphasized the pure ideals of women which they had kept outside party politics, saw the same kind of hope in those women who had rejected the compact of the Free State and by that action had proved the dependability of their principles.
		Although Markievicz trusted in the power of education and enlightenment to such an extent that she considered social evolution to be inevitable when the amount of knowledge increased, the solving of the national question could not be left to rest upon it alone.
	www.lib.helsinki.fi /elektra/summoika.html (4562 words)

	Ireland's OWN: Women Freedom Fighters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Constance also continued to be interested in the struggle for women's rights and with her sister Eva, joined in the 1908 campaign against the parliamentary election of Winston Churchill.
		The group Constance formed was first called the 'Red Branch Knights,' reminiscent of the Cú Chulainn, the legendary hero in ancient Irish Gaelic folklore and mythology, and the greatest of the Knights of the Red Branch.
		Then in 1918, Constance Markievicz was elected the first woman MP while she was still incarcerated in Holloway Jail; and in 1923 she was elected Minister of Labour the Dáil.
	irelandsown.net /markievicz.html (973 words)

	Constance Markievicz Biography / Biography of Constance Markievicz Biography
		Constance Markievicz (1868-1927) was an Irish nationalist, labor activist, and feminist, who fought against the British in the 1916 Easter Rising but, as a diehard republican, later refused to compromise in the creation of the Irish Free State.
		None was a stranger, or a more unlikely candidate for the role of Irish freedom-fighter than Constance Markievicz, a rich, privileged Protestant woman, who had once dabbled in art, theater, and feminism but who spent the later years of her life as a guerrilla fighter, parliamentarian, prisoner, and fugitive.
		Constance was born in 1868 to the Gore-Booth family, one of the largest landowning families in County Sligo on the Irish west coast.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-constance-markievicz/index.html (239 words)

	Multitext - Countess Constance Markievicz
		In 1911 Markievicz was arrested when she took part in a demonstration against the visit of King George V to Ireland.
		Markievicz became the first woman to be elected to the British Parliament, but in accordance with Sinn Féin policy she did not take her seat.
		She is commemorated by a limestone bust in St. Stephen’s Green, by a plaque in St. Ultan’s Hospital and by the Yeats’s poem ‘In memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Constance Markievicz’.
	multitext.ucc.ie /d/Countess_Constance_Markievicz (1374 words)

	Lissadell House - Co. Sligo - Ireland
		When she was old enough, Constance was taken to London for the social season but instead of finding a husband and settling down as expected of young ladies of her class, she persuaded her papa to rent a studio for her, and promptly enrolled in the Slade School of Art.
		Constance was sentenced to death for her part in the 1916 Easter Rising, but the sentence was commuted to imprisonment (in England).
		Constance Markievicz continued to inspire respect after her death for her kindness to the poor of Dublin and her work in the cause of Irish Nationalism.
	www.lissadellhouse.com /constance_history.php (1505 words)

	::Countess Markievicz::
		Born in 1868 as Constance Gore-Booth, Countess Markievicz was sentenced to death for her part in the Easter Uprising but had the sentence commuted to life imprisonment on account of her gender.
		Countess Markievicz was born in London into a wealthy family that had a large estate in County Sligo.
		Constance wanted to be an artist and in 1893, she went to London to study art at the Slade School.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /countess_markievicz.htm (1193 words)

	Constance Markievicz: The Countess of Irish Freedom
		Markievicz was a Catholic, and he was already married, but his wife was back in the Ukraine and seriously ill. In 1899 she died and Casimir and Constance married on Sept. 29, 1901; Constance Gore-Booth was now the Countess Markievicz.
		Constance Markievicz was born in London, James Connolly in Scotland, and Eamon de Valera in New York City.
		When Countess Markievicz was taken to the Republican plot at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin for burial, it was said that as many as 300,000 people turned out on the streets to bid her goodbye.
	www.thewildgeese.com /pages/ireland.html (2022 words)

	Constance Markievicz: The Countess of Irish Freedom - DiscussAnything.com -
		Constance Markievicz was a woman who was both born to and then married into wealth and privilege.
		Markievicz was a revolutionary socialist and leading figure in the Irish Republican movement during the critical years of the early 20th century.
		Markievicz — now married to a Polish count involved in the revival of Gaelic culture — began to see how the struggle for women’s equality had to be connected to the movement for Irish independence.
	www.discussanything.com /forums/showthread.php?t=49979 (1757 words)

	Madame: A Revolutionary Woman
		Constance and her sister were educated by governesses, not uncommon for girls of their social class, but certainly inadequate for the tasks which lay ahead.
		Constance once said of her indulgent life at Lissadell: "We lived on a beautiful, enchanted West Coast, where we grew up intimate with the soft mists and the colored mountains, and where each morning you woke to the sound of the wild birds....
		Constance herself was not well, but she denied that anything was wrong and continued to drill her Fianna boys and to work for the new party.
	www.irelandforvisitors.com /articles/madame.htm (1702 words)

	Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz - Wiki Ireland
		Born Constance Gore-Booth, the daughter of baronet and explorer Sir Henry Gore-Booth, she lived as a child at the Anglo-Irish family's ancestral home, Lissadell House in County Sligo.
		Constance and her sister, Eva Gore-Booth, were close friends of the poet W.
		Constance studied art at the Slade School in London and then in Paris, where in 1893 she met and married Polish artist Count Casimir Markiewicz.
	www.wiki.ie /wiki/Constance_Georgine,_Countess_Markiewicz (455 words)

	Women in the Irish nationalist movement 1900-1916. Workers' Liberty #56, June 1999.
		Constance Markievicz and the other women who fought in the Easter Rising struggled to be accepted on equal terms by the Irish labour movement and among nationalists.
		In 1916, Constance Markievicz was made an Honorary Member of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union, when the union and the Irish Citizen Army presented her with an address commending her relief efforts during the Lockout43.
		Constance Markievicz was by this time living in Surrey House in Dublin, which she used as an organisational base for campaigners in the labour, suffrage and republican movements46.
	archive.workersliberty.org /wlmags/wl56/women.htm (5103 words)

	LAOH: Countess de Markievicz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Constance Gore-Booth of a loyal British family, brought away from her vacation and studies a belief that the Irish people were repressed and should be free of British rule.
		Countess de Markievicz was released from jail after serving one year of a life sentence, and her life continued to change.
		Constance Gore-Booth, the Countess de Markievicz, died in the charity ward of St. Patrick Dun’s Hospital, in Dublin.
	www.patrickpearse.com /ladies_aoh/countess.htm (521 words)

	SEARC'S WEB GUIDE - Constance Markievicz (1868-1927) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Markievicz was instrumental in organising the 1916 Rising and, as a Major in the Citizen's Army, she was second in command of the College of Surgeons, St. Stephen's Green during Easter week.
		Markievicz spent a year in prisons in England during which time she was baptized a Catholic before returning to Ireland and a heroine's welcome.
		In 1918 Markievicz was again imprisoned in Holloway Gaol, London and during her imprisonment she became the first woman to be elected to the House of Commons.
	www.searcs-web.com /marki.html (1139 words)

	Sligo Weekender: Printer Friendly Version
		Countess Constance Markievicz, soldier, politician, prisoner, feminist and artist, was unveiled in an impressive bronze and stainless steel sculpture depicting her life and achievements.
		Born Constance Gore-Booth in 1868 in London, she and her sister Eva were brought up in Lissadell House.
		It wasn’t until Markievicz was 40 years old that she became interested in Irish politics.
	www.sligoweekender.ie /email/printer.asp?j=12089 (749 words)

	Newshound: Daily Northern Ireland news catalog - Irish News article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		She was born Constance Gore-Booth in 1868, the daughter of a wealthy landlord who had huge estates in Co Sligo.
		Markievicz had also been found guilty of treason and condemned to be executed, but her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and she was transferred to Aylesbury prison.
		Markievicz was re-elected in 1921, once again from prison, and released following a truce with the British to take up her position again as minister of labour.
	www.nuzhound.com /articles/irish_news/arts2003/apr23_aristocrat.php (1037 words)

	Ireland's OWN: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Constance took a full troop of the Fianna to the opening night, occupying the pit and the gallery while the rest of the theatre was full of British Officers and their wives.
		Constance had been holding a Fianna Convention at the time, and amongst the ones there was James Connolly's daughters Nora, Ina and Agna, all members of the Belfast Sluagh.
		Countess Markievicz was buried in the Republican Plot at Glasnevin, Dublin, in a grave beside that of O'Donovan Rossa, and adjacent to the Fenian Circle.
	irelandsown.net /nafianna.htm (12829 words)

	Constance Markiewicz
		During the Easter Rising in April 1916, Constance Markiewicz was appointed second in command to Michael Mallin in St Stephen's Green.
		After the passing of the passing of the Qualification of Women Act, Constance stood as the Sinn Fein candidate for the St. Patrick's division of Dublin.
		Constance Markiewicz was the only woman who was successful in the 1918 General Election.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /Wmarkiewicz.htm (525 words)

	Constance Markievicz: The Polish Connection--From WGT
		Constance Georgina Gore-Booth was born in London on February 4, 1868, to Sir Henry Gore Booth, 5th Baronet, and his wife Georgina, an Anglo-Irish landlord family with properties at Lissadell, County Sligo.
		Although often referred to as "the Countess" or "Countess Markievicz," the term she most preferred was "Madame," a name bestowed on her by the deprived and destitute of Dublin, whom she served so well.
		Markievicz was the first woman MP in the British Isles, and, as the revolutionary Irish government's Minister of Labour, she was the first woman cabinet minister in the world.
	www.thewildgeese.com /pages/markpol.html (1588 words)

	Aesthetic Realism and Caring for People
		Countess Markievicz as she came to be known, is remembered by the people of Ireland with love and respect because of her passionate belief that the Irish people have a right to own their land.
		Constance Gore-Booth was born on February 4, 1868, in the midst of great controversy over land ownership and of Home Rule in Ireland.
		He considered Constance to be like his right hand, and she was the only woman among a dozen or so men who formed the nucleus of the insurrection.
	www.marionfennell.net /Caring_for_People/Caring_for_People.html (2996 words)

	The Irish Citizen Army : Labour clenches its fist!
		Constance Markievicz, Dr. Kathleen Lynn and Helena Moloney were all officers in the army.
		Constance Markievicz had been sentenced to death but had her sentence commuted to life in prison.
		On June 18th 1917 Constance Markievicz had been released from prison and a troop of the Citizen Army, headed by the new Commandant, James O'Neill, marched to Westland Row station to meet her.
	flag.blackened.net /revolt/cc1913/ica.html (7547 words)

	Constance Markievicz
		The British sent her to prison for her part in the Easter Rising.
		Constance Markievicz was the first woman to be elected to the United Kingdom Parliament.
		Constance Markievicz was Minister of Labour in the Irish government of 1919 - 1921.
	www.arvendalstudios.com /eire/comments/constancemarkievicz.html (88 words)

	Welcome to Edward T. O'Donnell's Site
		The story of Countess Markievicz is surely one of the most intriguing in the long history of Irish nationalism.
		Markievicz, a member of the Irish Citizen Army, served as second in command at St. Stephen’s Green.
		A charismatic figure in life, Countess Constance Markievicz continued to inspire generations of Irish nationalists long after her death.
	www.edwardtodonnell.com /hibchronmarkievitz.html (1002 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Constance Markievicz - rebel countess to the Anglo-Irish Establishment, 'Madame' to the Dublin poor who loved her - was one of the most colourful women in Irish history.
		She was a vivid star in the constellation of remarkable men and women who created Ireland's political and literary renaissance in the early years of the twentieth century.
		Beautiful, admirable, aggravating, Constance is chiefly known for her part in the Easter Rising of 1916, but how she came to be there is as strange a story as her role in it and what happened to her afterwards.
	www.orionbooks.co.uk /MP-26475/The-Rebel-Countess.htm (171 words)

	Sligo Weekender - 2004/01/06: Life of Constance’s daughter recalled
		The life story of the daughter of Constance Markievicz is the subject of a new biography which has just hit bookshelves.
		Maeve de Markievicz’ story is an historical vignette of one of Ireland’s largely forgotten women.
		As the daughter of Constance, herself the heroine of the Easter Rising and one of its unwilling survivors, Maeve’s life was less remarkable.
	archives.tcm.ie /sligoweekender/2004/01/06/story15882.asp (222 words)

	Constance Markievicz: The People’s Countess - Joe McGowan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Also documented here are her heroic endurance during several prison terms, her correspondence with her sister, the poet Eva Gore-Booth, and the little-known story of her daughter Maeve and her son in law, Stanislaw.
		Paintings by Constance, produced while in solitary confinement in Holloway Jail, are reproduced for the first time ever.
		The book also describes her meeting and marriage to the aristocratic Count Dunin Markievicz at art school in Paris, and how on their return to Dublin she threw her lot in with the poor, running soup kitchens during the workers' strikes and Dublin Lockout of 1913.
	www.irishbook.com /item3906.htm (226 words)

	Constance Markievicz: The Polish Connection
		In this, Part 2 of Countess Markievicz: The Polish Connection, we see Constance Markievicz, despite her aristocratic upbringing, transform her burgeoning anger at British rule and social injustice in Ireland into the activism that would soon totally consume her.
		In spite of Russian persecution, reminiscent of English treatment of the native Irish, these Poles of the Ukraine were tenacious in matters of their language, religion and customs." Marrecco draws the conclusion that this must have struck a resonant chord with Con, whose forebears seized the lands of the native Irish.
		Constance, although herself interned in Holloway Jail in 1918, was concerned about her husband and stepson.
	www.thewildgeese.com /pages/markpol2.htm (1535 words)

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