The @WorkersEESC will celebrate #InternationalWomensDay2023 with the posting each Monday in March of a thread 🧵 about women union leaders usually overlooked by history.
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Starting today with the first one 👇🏻
Constance Markievicz
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/WorkersEESC/status/1632741363694419968
@ETUCE_CSEE @ituc @etuc_ces @EESC_SOC @LucaLuc19908512 @oliverroepke @MariaNikolo @EU_Social @NicolasSchmitEU @EESC_PRESS 1/10 Constance Markievicz was a woman of many contradictions. Born into an aristocratic family in Ireland in 1868, she later became a revolutionary socialist and one of the leaders of the Irish Easter Rising in 1916.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/WorkersEESC/status/1632741495416532993
2/10: As a young woman, Markievicz was known for her love of hunting, but later in life she became a committed animal rights activist, advocating for the humane treatment of animals and working to ban fox hunting in Ireland.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/WorkersEESC/status/1632741696705314816
3/10: Markievicz was the first woman elected to the British House of Commons, but she refused to take her seat, choosing instead to support the revolutionary forces in Ireland and to fight for Irish independence.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/WorkersEESC/status/1632741844936171520
5/10: Markievicz was a skilled artist, and her drawings and paintings were exhibited in galleries in London and Dublin. Her work often depicted scenes from Irish folklore and mythology.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/WorkersEESC/status/1632742071743176708
6/10: During the Easter Rising, Markievicz fought alongside her comrades in the Irish Citizen Army, wearing a green uniform and carrying a rifle. She was arrested and sentenced to death, but her sentence was later commuted to life in prison.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/WorkersEESC/status/1632742187602460672
7/10: While in prison, Markievicz continued to fight for Irish independence, and she was eventually released as part of a general amnesty in 1917.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/WorkersEESC/status/1632742304392904705
8/10: Markievicz was always very politically active, joining the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies from early years. Following the Irish independence, she became the first Irish labour Female Minister (1919-1922) and the second female minister in Europe.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/WorkersEESC/status/1632742463910600707
9/10: In later years, Markievicz became a dedicated humanitarian, working to alleviate poverty and suffering in Ireland and abroad.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/WorkersEESC/status/1632742564037025796
10/10: Constance Markievicz was a complex, controversial and fascinating figure, a woman who defied convention and devoted her life to fighting for what she believed in. Her legacy lives on today in the struggle of the women to be recognized equally.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/WorkersEESC/status/1632742896779534336
4/10: Despite being a prominent figure in the Irish nationalist movement, Markievicz was also a committed feminist and fought for women's worker's rights throughout her life.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/WorkersEESC/status/1632741964440272898