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Title: EVA Gore-Booth Condition: New EAN: 9780719082320 ISBN: 9780719082320 Publisher: Manchester University Press Format: Paperback Release Date: 22/05/2012 Item Height: 216mm Item Length: 138mm Author: Sonja Tiernan Language: English Subtitle: An Image of Such Politics ISBN-10: 0719082323 Description: This is the first dedicated biography of the extraordinary Irish woman, Eva Gore-Booth. Gore-Booth rejected her aristocratic heritage choosing to live and work amongst the poorest classes in industrial Manchester. Her work on behalf of barmaids, circus acrobats, flower sellers and pit-brow lasses is traced in this book. During one impressive campaign Gore-Booth orchestrated the defeat of Winston Churchill.
Gore-Booth published volumes of poetry, philosophical prose and plays, becoming a respected and prolific author of her time and part of W.B. Yeats’ literary circle. The story of Gore-Booth’s life is captivating. Her close bond with her sister, an iconic Irish nationalist, provides a new insight into Countess Markievicz’s personal life.
Gore-Booth’s life story vividly traces her experiences of issues such as militant pacifism during the Great War, the case for the reprieve of Roger Casement’s death sentence, sexual equality in the workplace and the struggle for Irish independence. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Genre: History Topic: Biography Item Width: 17mm Item Weight: 381g Release Year: 2012
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