To mark the International Women’s Day we would like to encourage you to find out more about women who played key and courageous role in 1916 Rising. Through the Letters 1916 we want also to give a recognition for some of the lesser known or unknown women from that time. There are many letters written by women in the Letters of 1916 online archive – click here to read, transcribe and unlock hidden stories in the letters from 1916.
Selected letters:
- Letter from Marie Martin to her mother, Mary Martin, 9 April 1916
- Letter from May Fay to James Finn 14 April, 1916
- Letter from Mary McEvoy to Agnes Sweetman, 13 May 1916
- Letter from Mary Anne Curley, 14 February 1916
- Letter from Ella Young to Alice Stopford Green, 6 August 1916
- Letter from Susan Fitzgerald to Michael Gorman, 1916
- Letter from Lilly to ‘Tweety’ (Lady Clonbrock), 17 July 1916
- Letter from Jane Coffey to her son Diarmid Coffey, 17 October 1916
The links below will bring you to a few articles, a video and a radio documentary you might find interesting:
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