biography
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Markievicz, Constance (Georgine), Countess
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née Gore-Booth
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pronunciation:
[mah(r)kyayvich]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1868–1927)
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| biography:
| Irish nationalist, born in London, UK. She married the Polish Count Casimir Markievicz, fought in the Easter Rising (1916), and was sentenced to death, but reprieved. Elected the first British woman MP in 1918, she did not take her seat, but was a member of the Dáil from 1923. |
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