Women, Reform, and Resistance in Ireland, 1850-1950

Women, Reform, and Resistance documents the challenges faced by Irish women from 1850 to 1950 and their complex reactions. By investigating prisons, and hospitals; interrogating court records and memoirs; and exploring the 'imaginative resistance' women expressed through folk tales; authors illuminate previously obscured experiences of Irish women.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137513136
• ISBN13: 9781137513137
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"