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Great Lives: Andrea Catherwood on Constance Markievicz

Andrea Catherwood on Constance Markievicz

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Constance Markievicz, Irish rebel countess and the first woman elected to Parliament.

4 Extra Debut. Journalist Andrea Catherwood chooses Irish rebel and the first woman MP, Constance Markievicz. With Matthew Parris. From 2017.

Constance Markievicz led an amazing life - a leading figure during the Easter Rising of 1916, she was the first woman elected to Parliament though she never took her seat.

Markievicz was born into a wealthy Anglo-Irish family and gained her exotic surname from marriage to a Polish count. She was adventurous, flamboyant, committed to woman's rights, court-martialled and nearly shot. 

Nominating her is Andrea Catherwood, ex-ITN correspondent who made her first documentary for BBC Radio 4. 

Presented by Matthew Parris.

With Lindie Naughton, author of Markievicz - A Most Outrageous Rebel. 

Producer: Miles Warde

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2017.

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