Constance Markievicz

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Constance Markievicz

Anglo-Irish countess and political activist

Also known as: Constance Gore-Booth, Countess Constance Georgine Markievicz

Written by Alison Eldridge

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In full:: Countess Constance Georgine Markievicz

Née:: Gore-Booth

Markievicz also spelled:: Markiewicz

Born:: February 4, 1868, London, England

Died:: July 15, 1927, Dublin, Ireland (aged 59)

Constance Markievicz (born February 4, 1868, London, England—died July 15, 1927, Dublin, Ireland) was an Anglo-Irish countess and political activist who was the first woman elected to the British Parliament (1918), though she refused to take her seat. She was also the only woman to serve in the first Dáil Éireann (Irish Assembly), in which she acted as minister of labour (1919–22). Constance Gore-Booth was born into the Anglo-Irish aristocracy and grew up at her family’s estate, Lissadell, in County Sligo, Ireland. Her father, Sir Henry Gore-Booth, was a landowner and philanthropist, and her sister Eva later became a key ...(100 of 570 words)

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