The Life of Constance Markievicz
This presents a chronology of Constance Markievicz's life, her prison letters, and her bravery in joining the Citizens Army
1868: Born February 4, in Buckingham Gate, London to parents Sir Henry Gore-Booth and Georgina Hill Gore-Booth.
1870: Her sister, Eva Selena was born
1893: Had a desire to become an artist and studied at the Slade School in London
1898: Studied at the Julian School in Paris
1900: Met and later married Casmir Dunin of Staro Zyvotov, Poland.
1901: Joined the Gaelic League in Lissadell
1901: Daughter, Maeve Alys born to Constance and Casmir
1905: Founded United Arts Club with her husband Casmir and Ellen Duncan.
1907: Became intrigued with the idea of Nationalism after reading Padric Colum's poems entitled The Peasant and Sinn Fein
1907: Founded Fianna Eireann, a Republican youth movement recruiting boys "to work for the Independence of Ireland"
1908: Became active in Irish politics and joined the Daughters of Ireland with Maude Gonne; launched Irish Woman
1908: Established a women's suffrage society
1908: Joined Sein Fein, which was the organization founded by Arthur Griffith that fought for Irish freedom.
1908: Became active in politics and joined her sister, Eva Gore Booth, and Esther Roper; went against Winston Churchhill in the parliamentary election in Manchester and lost.
1909: Campaigned in honor of feminism
1909: Wrote A Call to the Women of Ireland
1909: Became an executive for the Sein Fein movement.
1911: Went to jail for the first time as a result of her radical ideologies
1913: In charge of a soup kitchen and served 20,000 people during the Lock-Out
1913: Served at Royal College of Surgeons
1916: Second in command to the Irish Citizens Army and sentenced to death based on her gender. Her punishment of death was reduce to life imprisonment.
1917: President of Cumann na mBan, a women's movement
1918: First woman elected to the British Parliament
1919-1921: While in prison, she was the Minister of Labor in the Cabinet of the first Dail Eireann
1921-1922: Published two poems in the Catholic Bulletin
1922: Toured America for the Republicans
1923: Became Minster of Labor in the Second Dail
1927: July 15, Died in Sir Patrick Dunn's Hospital in Dublin with 300,000 people attending her funeral.