Sonja Tiernan is Lecturer in Modern History at Liverpool Hope University and is Secretary of the Women's History Association of Ireland

Those who enjoyed Sonja Tiernan’s account of Eva Gore-Booth’s fight for the rights of barmaids are sure to enjoy her full-length account of her life, Eva Gore-Booth: an image of such politics, which is the first biography of its subject. The younger sister of Constance Gore-Booth (a.k.a. Countess Markiewicz), Eva Gore-Booth was a committed social radical and reformer who turned her back on her aristocratic heritage and was immortalised along with her sister by Yeats (the poem in question was read out by no less than leonard Cohen at his 2010 gig at their ancestral home, Lissadell). Eva Gore-Booth lead a life that was surely as interesting as that of Constance, and this lively biography brings her out of her older sister’s shadow.’History Ireland (July/August 2012), p. 57.'I was pleased to find this biography of Eva Gore-Booth...This is the first time that Eva, who was in many ways more radical [than her sister] has been given her due...there is much here of interest to those keen on the politics of the labour movement and women's suffrage'Jad Adams, The Oldie, February 2013'A comprehensive and enthralling book that will provide an invaluable source for future investigations into the social and political history of early twentieth-century Ireland and Britain.'Olivier Coquelin, European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms (journal of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas), February 2013BBC Woman's Hour, Friday 5th October 2012Interview with Sonja Tiernan audio:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00zdbdbTiernan’s magisterial and definitive study, Eva Gore-Booth: An Image of Such Politics, provides an exceptionally fully realized recreation of the multiple worlds in which the writer moved and the interactions among them. The biography marshals its impressive body of research to create a nuanced portrayal of a charming, humorous, intelligent, talented, and fiercely conscientious Irish woman most of us did not know we could claim.‘Tiernan has produced a vivid picture of an independent spirit.’ Deirdre Toomey, Yeats Annual No. 21: A Special Issue

• Introducing the Gore-Booth family1 Life in the big house: childhood and Lissadell2 A pair of oddities: meeting Esther Roper3 The birth of a rebel: social reform in Manchester 4 Sadder and wiser women: Lancashire trade unions5 Women who kick, shriek, bite and spit: suffragists and suffragettes6 Defending barmaids: legislative proposals and Winston Churchill 7 World War One: from trade unionism to peace movements8 Conscientious objectors and revolution: world war and an Irish rebellion9 Roger Casement and the aftermath of the Easter Rising10 Prison reform and military conscription in Ireland 11 Radical sexual politics and post-war religion12 Final years AfterwordBibliography of Archival Sources Major publications by Eva Gore-BoothNotesIndex

Sonja Tiernan is Lecturer in Modern History at Liverpool Hope University and is Secretary of the Women's History Association of Ireland

Those who enjoyed Sonja Tiernan’s account of Eva Gore-Booth’s fight for the rights of barmaids are sure to enjoy her full-length account of her life, Eva Gore-Booth: an image of such politics, which is the first biography of its subject. The younger sister of Constance Gore-Booth (a.k.a. Countess Markiewicz), Eva Gore-Booth was a committed social radical and reformer who turned her back on her aristocratic heritage and was immortalised along with her sister by Yeats (the poem in question was read out by no less than leonard Cohen at his 2010 gig at their ancestral home, Lissadell). Eva Gore-Booth lead a life that was surely as interesting as that of Constance, and this lively biography brings her out of her older sister’s shadow.’History Ireland (July/August 2012), p. 57.'I was pleased to find this biography of Eva Gore-Booth...This is the first time that Eva, who was in many ways more radical [than her sister] has been given her due...there is much here of interest to those keen on the politics of the labour movement and women's suffrage'Jad Adams, The Oldie, February 2013'A comprehensive and enthralling book that will provide an invaluable source for future investigations into the social and political history of early twentieth-century Ireland and Britain.'Olivier Coquelin, European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms (journal of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas), February 2013BBC Woman's Hour, Friday 5th October 2012Interview with Sonja Tiernan audio:http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00zdbdbTiernan’s magisterial and definitive study, Eva Gore-Booth: An Image of Such Politics, provides an exceptionally fully realized recreation of the multiple worlds in which the writer moved and the interactions among them. The biography marshals its impressive body of research to create a nuanced portrayal of a charming, humorous, intelligent, talented, and fiercely conscientious Irish woman most of us did not know we could claim.‘Tiernan has produced a vivid picture of an independent spirit.’ Deirdre Toomey, Yeats Annual No. 21: A Special Issue

• Introducing the Gore-Booth family1 Life in the big house: childhood and Lissadell2 A pair of oddities: meeting Esther Roper3 The birth of a rebel: social reform in Manchester 4 Sadder and wiser women: Lancashire trade unions5 Women who kick, shriek, bite and spit: suffragists and suffragettes6 Defending barmaids: legislative proposals and Winston Churchill 7 World War One: from trade unionism to peace movements8 Conscientious objectors and revolution: world war and an Irish rebellion9 Roger Casement and the aftermath of the Easter Rising10 Prison reform and military conscription in Ireland 11 Radical sexual politics and post-war religion12 Final years AfterwordBibliography of Archival Sources Major publications by Eva Gore-BoothNotesIndex