Bernadette Devlin McAliskey
Irish socialist and republican political activist · Ireland · On the map · Politicians · Born 1947 · age 79
Josephine Bernadette McAliskey, usually known as Bernadette Devlin or Bernadette McAliskey, is an Irish civil rights leader and former politician. She served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Ulster in Northern Ireland from a 1969 by-election until February 1974.
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McAliskey came to national and international prominence at the age of 21 when she became the youngest woman ever to become a British Member of Parliament. McAliskey broke with the traditional Irish republican policy of abstentionism and took her seat in Westminster.