Eva Gore-Booth is an important Irish woman who is frequently overlooked due to her proximity to her famous sister (Countess Markievicz). Her amazing papers can be perused @PRONI_DFC - I highly recommend it for her many writings and amazing Xmas card to her sister in 1916. https://twitter.com/lorraineelizab6/status/1263772483305472000">https://twitter.com/lorrainee...
So much amazing material in the archive but this is my FAVOURITE quote (including the self-editing) from a lecture Eva gave to the League of Peace and Freedom in 1920. For a pacifist you and can see the influence of her sister& #39;s journey on her thinking ...
Lastly, here is the back of the 1916 Christmas card to Con (we used the poem for the opening panel of our 2016 travelling exhibition - created with Fionna Barber, @Ka_ODonnell and @PRONI_DFC - & #39;Con & Eva& #39;). As you can see, she was also a pretty fantastic artist ...