About the Author

Ann Matthews is an historian. Originally from Dublin she now lives inKildare. She currently lectures at NUI Maynooth on 'Women and War' and 'Republican women and iconography'. She has contributed to The Journal of IrishMilitary History and The Irish Archive Journal among others.

Reviews

"Matthews paints an incredibly comprehensive picture of the tragedies, triumphs and conflicts experienced by Irish women during Ireland's struggle for independence and later Civil War."- -- The Irish Emigrant "The Irish Emigrant"