Constance Markievicz
Irish politician, first woman elected to the Westminster House of Commons and the Dáil Éireann, and first female Cabinet member in Europe · Politicians · Lived 1868 to 1927 · aged 59
Constance Georgine Markievicz, also known as Countess Markievicz and Madame Markievicz, was an Irish revolutionary nationalist politician, suffragist and socialist who was the first woman elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Constance Gore-Booth, later known as Constance Markievicz
Markievicz in uniform examining a Colt New Service Model 1909 revolver, posed c. 1915
Election victory procession led by Markievicz in County Clare, circa 1918
A 1927 group shot of founding members of Fianna Fáil, with Markievicz placed front and centre beside leader Éamon de Valera
Markievicz with her daughter and stepson
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Born in London, she came from the Anglo-Irish Protestant landowning elite, which she abandoned in favour of Irish independence and social reform.
