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A countess and a revolutionary
A countess and a revolutionary In 1908, at age 40, Constance Markievicz embraced the cause of Irish independence, eventually being arrested for her role in the Easter Rising (1916). In 1918, while imprisoned, she became the first woman elected to the British Parliament, representing part of Dublin, but she never took her seat because she refused to swear an oath of allegiance to the king.

Constance Markievicz

Anglo-Irish countess and political activist
Also known as: Constance Gore-Booth, Countess Constance Georgine Markievicz(Show More)
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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...

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