Rocking the System

Fearless and Amazing Irish Women who Made History

AvSiobhan Parkinson

Inbunden, Engelska, 20189-12 år

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Twenty illustrated essays on Irish women, historical and contemporary, who have defied cultural norms around femininity and achieved great things. The subjects include Irish women from Queen Medb to Eileen Gray, from Constance Markievicz to Sonia O’Sullivan, covering stateswomen, artists, writers, activists and rebels of all kinds. Written by multi award-winning author and first Laureate na nÓg (Irish Children’s Laureate), Siobhán Parkinson.Perfect for use in schools as well as for leisure reading, this collection celebrates the role of women in Ireland’s changing society.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-02-01
Mått:150 x 230 x 22 mm
Vikt:456 g
Ålder:9-12
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Läsålder:9-12
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Little Island
Illustratör:Bren Luke
ISBN:9781910411964

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Historia inom Barn och ungdom
Allmänbildning inom Barn och ungdom

Mer om författaren

Siobhán Parkinson is one of Ireland’s best-known writers for children. She has written almost thirty books, most of them for children and teenagers, for which she has won a bagful of awards and nominations, and her books have been translated into about twenty languages. She was Ireland’s first Children’s Laureate in 2010.

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Essential reading for young history buffs.

Innehållsförteckning

Queen Medhbh (Maeve) 1 Gráinne Ní Mháille (Granuaile) 8 Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill 20 Anne Devlin 29Anna Parnell 38Augusta, Lady Gregory 46 Constance Markievicz 57Peig Sayers 66Hanna Sheehy Skeffington 75 Eileen Gray 87Dorothy Stopford Price 96Mainie Jellett 107Dervla Murphy 114Lelia Doolan 123Sr Stanislaus Kennedy 132Mary Robinson 141Bernadette Devlin McAliskey 150 Garry Hynes 158Paula Meehan 169 Sonia O’Sullivan 180