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    Wild Irish Women: Extraordinary Lives from History
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    Wild Irish Women: Extraordinary Lives from History

    By Marian Broderick

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    From patriots to pirates, warriors to writers, and mistresses to male impersonators, this book looks at the unorthodox lives of inspiring Irish women.

    In times when women were expected to marry and have children, they travelled the world and sought out adventures; in times when women were expected to be seen and not heard, they spoke out in loud voices against oppression; in times when women were expected to have no interest in politics, literature, art, or the world outside the home, they used every creative means available to give expression to their thoughts, ideas and beliefs.

    In a series of succinct and often amusing biographies, Marian Broderick tells the life stories of these exceptional Irish women.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe O'Brien Press
    Release dateNov 15, 2012
    ISBN9781847174611
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    Wild Irish Women: Extraordinary Lives from History
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    Marian Broderick

    Marian Broderick is a writer and editor who lives and works in London. She is second-generation Irish; her parents are from Donegal and Limerick. She spent every summer of her childhood in Ireland and has developed strong links with the place and the people. Wild Irish Women: Extraordinary Lives from History proved hugely popular on publication in 2001 and Marian furthered her research to bring the reader more wild Irish women in Bold, Brilliant & Bad: Irish Women from History (2018).

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