"There
are praises of flowers who epitomise the unconquerable spirit of Irish
womanhood. Let no man dare to scorn these women and let your weeds of
indifference and sleeping roses blush in everlasting shame." —Bobby
Sands
- Clarke, Kathleen
- Clarke, Sister Sarah
- Connolly O Brien, Nora
- Daly, Miriam
- Devlin McAliskey,
Bernadette
- Dirrane, Bridget
- Drumm, Máire
- Farrell, Mairead
- Gifford Plunkett, Grace
- Gonne,
Maud
- Hayden, Josephine
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The militant women who,
without abandoning their fidelity to duty, are yet teaching their sisters
to assert their rights, are re-establishing a sane and perfect balance
that makes more possible a well-ordered Irish nation. —James
Connolly
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Anybody who knows anything
of history knows that great social changes are impossible without
feminine ferment —Karl Marx
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2008
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