Constance Markievicz.
Irish politician, first woman elected to the Westminster House of Commons and the Dáil Éireann, and first female Cabinet member in Europe
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About Constance Markievicz
Constance Georgine Markievicz, also known as Countess Markievicz and Madame Markievicz, was an Irish republican politician, suffragist, socialist and labour activist who was the first woman elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Born into the Anglo-Irish ruling-class, Markievicz abandoned her social position in favour of Irish independence and social reform. A founding member of Fianna Éireann, Cumann na mBan and the Irish Citizen Army, she took part in the Easter Rising in 1916, when Irish republicans attempted to end British rule and establish an Irish Republic. She was sentenced to death but her sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on the grounds of her sex.
Everything about Constance Markievicz →- Occupation
- politician, suffragette, revolutionary, painter
- Position held
- Minister for Labour, member of the 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom, Teachta Dála, Teachta Dála
- Citizenship
- Irish Republic, Irish Free State, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- February 4, 1868, 1868
- Died
- July 15, 1927, 1927, 1926