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Cumann na mBan, signed by The Officers
Markievicz (Constance) Cumann na mBan, head Office, Dublin, 27th July 1925. A very good 6pp typed letter to members of the Auxiliary Organisation in America detailing part played by members in the Rising and War of Independence, the work they are currently engaged in, and appealing for funds "the purses of Americans and of our exiled friends in America have ever been open to the cry of distress of the Irish People"; Signed by Constance Markievicz (President), Fiona Plunkett (Hon. Secretary), Brigid Connolly (Economic Committee) and Eithne Coyle (Director) dated 17th July 1925. An interesting document, some creasing, otherwise good condition. (1)
Constance Markievicz (1868 - 1927) first entered politics 1908, joining Sinn Fein and Inghinidhe na hEireann. She took part in the 1916 Rising and was among the first women to be elected to the U.K. Parliament, December 1918, she opposed the Anglo Irish Treaty, etc.
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