Posts by Pamela
Shin-Kickers From History: Constance Gore-Booth Markiewicz
On Easter Monday, April 24 , 1916, a group of Irish nationalists proclaimed the establishment of an Irish Republic and rose up in rebellion against British rule in Ireland. Among them was Countess Constance Gore-Booth Markiewicz–revolutionary, politician, suffragette and social activist. Constance Gore-Booth was born in 1868 to a wealthy family of Angle-Irish Protestants, part…
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The Day(s) The Music Died
If you’ve been hanging out in English-speaking corners of the internet, you are doubtless aware that April 23, 2016 is the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. (In one of those weird little coincidences that historians and poets love, he may well have been born on the same date 52 years earlier since he was…
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Shin Kickers From History: Elizabeth Blackwell, MD
Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman in the world to become a doctor with a degree from a certified medical school. She was determined that she would not be the last. She became, as the title of her 1895 autobiography proclaimed,* a pioneer in opening the medical profession to women. Blackwell was born in England…
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