sapper-in-the-wire:

cogito-ergo-dumb:

did u know

• constance markievicz was married to a polish count
• she got bored of being a countess so decided to become a revolutionary instead
• childhood friend of WB Yeats
• was a prominent suffragette
• was a member of sinn fein and came to her first meeting in a satin ball gown and diamond tiara
• made winston churchill lose an election
• founded a paramilitary scouts organisation that both boys and girls could join
• paid for food for the families of those affected by the 1913 lockout out of her own pocket
• designed the uniforms of the ICA and wore one herself
• was a lieutenant during the Rising and held out for six days
• was almost excecuted by the british but they didnt in the end because she was a woman
• was the first woman ever elected to the British parliment
• was irelands first minister for labour and the second female cabinet member in european history
• was basically amazing and hugley instrumental in the formation of this country

“made winston churchill lose an election”

NICE