Author(s): Siobhan Parkinson
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 208
Publisher: Little Island
Language: English
Date Published: 2019-03-01
Dimensions: 150 x 230 x 22mm
Publication City/Country: Dublin, Ireland
Edition: None ed.
Illustrations: 20 black and white illustrations

Twenty illustrated essays on Irish women, historical and contemporary, who have defied cultural norms around femininity and achieved great things. The subjects include Irish women from Queen Medb to Eileen Gray, from Constance Markievicz to Sonia O'Sullivan, covering stateswomen, artists, writers, activists and rebels of all kinds.

Written by multi award-winning author and first Laureate na nOg (Irish Children's Laureate), Siobhan Parkinson.

Perfect for use in schools as well as for leisure reading, this collection celebrates the role of women in Ireland's changing society.