Bold, Brilliant and Bad: Irish Women from History [Paperback]

Highlights the inspiring stories of over 120 remarkable Irish women who challenged expectations and made lasting impacts in their fields.From every county in Ireland Bold, Brilliant & Bad draws together the stories of over 120 amazing Irish women. Marian Broderick is back to explore the histories of remarkable Irish Women in history. From creative craftswomen to singing sensations, poets to sporting champions. From Lilian Bland to Maeve Binchy and from Anne O'Brien to Professor Sheila Tinney, these women paved the way for the future and made massive changes in their various fields.Meet the women from history who went against the grain and challenged the expectations of the world. There were and are a force to be reckoned with.From every county in Ireland, meet women who made a real difference to the world we live in today. From creative craftswomen to singing sensations, poets to sporting champions, patriots, scientists and more, the stories of amazing women from our history are too often neglected and forgotten.DID YOU KNOWS page 8INTRODUCTION 11WORLD FIRSTS & 13Lizzie Le Blond 15Lilian Bland 20Kay McNulty 24... AND IRISH FIRSTS 29Dr Emily Winifred Dickson 30Beatrice Hill-Lowe 35Dame Iris Murdoch 39SPORTING CHAMPIONS 44Lena Rice 45Kay Mills 49Philomena Garvey 52Anne OBrien 56THE LIFE SCIENTIFIC 60The Honourable Mary Ward 61Agnes Mary Clerke 64Dr Dorothy Stopford Price 67Professor Sheila Tinney 72WORKING-CLASS HEROINES 76Winifred Carney 77Rosie Hackett 82Margaret Skinnider 86VOTES! 92Anna Haslam 93Eva Gore-Booth 97Gretta Cousins 102WOMEN OF FAITH 109Saint Ita 110Sister Anthony OConnell 114Mother Kevin Kearney 119Sister Sarah Clarke 124ACROSS THE SEA 130Nellie Cashman 131Amy Carmichael 136Annie Moore 140Carmel Snow 144THE WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW 150Darkey Kelly 151Catherine Flanagan and Margaret Higgins 155Ellen Kelly 160Josephine Chicago Joe Hensley 166Lizzie Halliday 170Typhoid Mary Mallon 174May Churchill Sharpe 177POETRY AND PROSE 183L?adain 184Laetitia PilklCÉ