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Lola Montez (aka Eliza Gilbert, d. #OTD 1861), had a life so colourful it can’t be captured in one tweet - she carried a bullwhip, pursued Franz Liszt, crashed a male-only banquet to dance on the tables & toasted a mob with champagne & chocolate. https://dib.ie/biography/gilbert-eliza-rosana-lola-montez-a5893 #DIBLives

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Happy #NollaignamBan! A founder-member of the Irish Women Workers' Union, Rosie Hackett joined the Irish Citizen Army & was involved in the 1916 Easter Rising. In 2014 the first bridge over the Liffey named for a woman was named after her. https://dib.ie/biography/hackett-rosanna-rosie-a9585 #DIBLives

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This week we are featuring some extraordinary Irish women in honour of #NollaignamBan. Mary Ann McCracken campaigned for the abolition of slavery, and argued that the liberty & equality sought by the United Irishmen should be extended to women. https://dib.ie/biography/mccracken-mary-ann-a5629 #DIBLives #DIB

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A pioneer of 19th century feminist campaigns, Anna Haslam (d. #OTD 1922), founder-member of Dublin Women's Suffrage Association, stated that her Quaker upbringing meant she always took women’s equality for granted. She cast her 1st vote aged 89. https://www.dib.ie/biography/haslam-anna-maria-a3850 #DIBLives

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