Constance Markievicz

E386311

Constance Markievicz was an Irish revolutionary, suffragist, and politician who became the first woman elected to the British Parliament and a leading figure in the struggle for Irish independence.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish nationalist
Irish revolutionary
countess
feminist
government minister
human
member of parliament
politician
revolutionary socialist
suffragist
advocatedFor Irish independence
social justice
women's suffrage
alsoKnownAs Constance de Markievicz
Countess Markievicz
aristocraticFamily Gore-Booth family
birthName Constance Georgine Gore-Booth
burialPlace Glasnevin Cemetery
causeOfDeath peritonitis
coFounded Na Fianna Éireann
linked to: Fianna Éireann
convertedTo Roman Catholicism
countryOfCitizenship Ireland
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1868-02-04
dateOfDeath 1927-07-15
educatedAt Slade School of Fine Art
electedTo House of Commons of the United Kingdom
election 1918 United Kingdom general election
father Henry Gore-Booth
gender female
ideology Irish republicanism
feminism
socialism
imprisonedBy United Kingdom government
linked to: UK government
imprisonedFor role in the Easter Rising
memberOf Cumann na mBan
Fianna Fáil
Irish Citizen Army
Sinn Féin
mother Georgina Hill
movement Irish independence movement
Irish republicanism
labor movement
women's suffrage movement
name Constance Markievicz
nobleTitle Countess Markievicz
notableFor first female cabinet minister in Europe
first woman elected to the British Parliament
notableWork establishing Na Fianna Éireann
occupation painter
politician
revolutionary
social worker
parliamentaryPractice abstentionism
participatedIn Easter Rising
Irish Civil War
Irish War of Independence
placeOfBirth London
linked to: London, England

United Kingdom
placeOfDeath Dublin
Irish Free State
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Dublin St Patrick's
Minister for Labour of the Irish Republic
Teachta Dála
refusedTo take oath of allegiance to the British Crown
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Dublin
Lissadell House
sibling Eva Gore-Booth
spouse Casimir Markievicz
supported workers' rights

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

anti-Treaty IRA notableMember Constance Markievicz
Irish Republic keyLeader Countess Markievicz
linked to: Constance Markievicz
Príosún Chill Mhaighneann notablePrisoner Countess Markievicz
linked to: Constance Markievicz
Glasnevin Cemetery burialPlaceOf Constance Markievicz
Glasnevin Cemetery burialPlaceOf Countess Markievicz
linked to: Constance Markievicz
Constance Markievicz name Constance Markievicz
Constance Markievicz alsoKnownAs Countess Markievicz
linked to: Constance Markievicz
Constance Markievicz alsoKnownAs Constance de Markievicz
linked to: Constance Markievicz
Constance Markievicz nobleTitle Countess Markievicz
linked to: Constance Markievicz
Irish Citizen Army notableMember Constance Markievicz
Cumann na mBan foundedBy Constance Markievicz
Cumann na mBan notableMember Constance Markievicz