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
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
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
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