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She argued that, as women were equal with men under the Irish Republic, they had an equal right to risk their lives in the fight for independence. 2/2

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iamBullivant · @bullivant
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Margaret Skinnider was born in Coatbridge, Scotland on 28th May 1892. She was a revolutionary and feminist who fought during the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin as a sniper, among other roles, and was the only female wounded in the action.

‘Scotland is my home, but Ireland my country.’ – Margaret Skinnider 1/2

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