Description

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These 20 illustrated essays are on Irish women, historical and contemporary, who have defied cultural norms around femininity and achieved great things. The subjects include Irish women from Queen Medhbh to Eileen Gray, from Constance Markievicz to Sonia O'Sullivan, covering stateswomen, artists, writers, activists, and rebels of all kinds. This book is published to celebrate the centenary of women's suffrage, and Irish women's remarkable achievements over the centuries. 

About the Author

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Bren Luke was born and raised in Victoria, Australia. He studied Fine Art at Ballarat University, majoring in painting and printmaking and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. For the past decade or so, Bren’s work has been focused on traditional drawing techniques primarily using pen and ink. Siobhán Parkinson has been writing for children since the early ‘90s and has published more than thirty books. She has won numerous awards and her books have been translated into multiple languages. She currently works as the publisher at Little Island Books. She was Ireland’s first Children’s Laureate.