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johnsimkin: Although she came from a wealthy background Eva Gore Booth dedicated her life to trying to help working-class women and helped them form trade unions.

johnsimkin: Eva Gore Booth was a socialist suffragist who before the First World War campaigned for equal pay. Most middle-class suffragettes did not concern themselves with these issues.

johnsimkin: Gore Booth Eva devoted herself to trade unionism and women's suffrage, but later became involved in adult education for women and working with the Manchester University Settlement.

johnsimkin: In 1903 Eva Gore Booth and Esther Roper established the Lancashire and Cheshire Women's Textile and Other Workers Representation Committee. That year they also they organized a suffrage petition with 30,000 signatures.

Tullie23: There Is No Age by Eva Gore-Booth

johnsimkin: Today in history concerns stories about Charles Mackay (1814), J. R. Clynes (1869), Heinrich Mann (1871), Sergey Kirov (1886), John Bright (1889), Roland Leighton (1895), James Callaghan (1912), Eva Gore Booth (1914) and Arnold Bennett (1931).

johnsimkin: On this day in 1914 Eva Gore Booth publishes an article in Votes for Women “Equal Pay for Equal Work”.

frankarmstrong2: The Landlord Eva Gore-Booth O the bracken waves and the foxgloves flame, And none of them ever has heard your name – Near and dear is the curlew’s cry, You are merely a stranger passing by €250k for this Small landlords "departing the market in droves"

johnsimkin: Esther Roper and her long-term partner, Eva Gore-Booth, played an important role in recruiting working-class women in the textile trade to support women's suffrage.

Tullie23: The Little Waves of Breffny by Eva Gore-Booth

Luighseach: Former Arts Minister has stepped down from Writers’ Week board in a shock move this week. He was the minister who sowed the seed for the renovation Anna Parnell's grave & actually was responsible for the renovation of Eva Gore Booth's grave im London.

Edda_Nicolson: In the end, no one won. Organisation in the Salford textile trade went into decline, not at all helped by unions fighting over members. Nellie remained politically active, and she worked alongside Eva Gore-Booth on the Manchester and Salford Women Trades and Labour Council. 8/8

evaobeirnee: It is criminal how little recognition Eva Gore Booth gets at home

dchiasso: “The light of evening, Lissadell…”

Nemone7: Say hello to Irish poet and dramatist Eva Gore-Booth and her girlfriend Esther Roper, kick-ass suffragists and social justice campaigners.

HerstoryIreland: ... Additionally, Eva and Esther, along with trans activist Irene Clyde, founded Urania - a privately circulated feminist gender studies journal which often advocated for a genderless society.' Photo: Eva gore-Booth

HerstoryIreland: Sources: James, Dermot, The Gore-Booths of Lissadell (2004), Dublin, Woodfield Press. p. 205. Byrne, Angela, 'Eva Gore-Booth,' online at:

LSELibrary: Eva Gore-Booth and Esther Roper, Jessey Wade and Dorothy Cornish were members of The Aëthnic Union. In 1916, Thomas, and this group of four, started a new journal ‘Urania’ with the founding principle ‘There are no ‘men’ or ‘women’’. The journal ran until 1940.

RobertBohan: In 2016 Gore-Booth’s role was finally acknowledged by the Irish establishment when an Uachtarán noted her ‘integrated emancipatory instinct’ - See an overview here:

Tree_is_a_mess: He also wrote a whole ass poem about how 2 sisters shouldn't have gone into politics bc it made them ugly. Idk much about about Eva Gore-Booth, but her sister, Constance Markievicz played a major role in gaining Irish independence and became the first female MP

fir_bolg: 'the gods descend at twilight from the magic-hearted hills and there are woods and primroses in the country of your mind.' illustrations by eva gore-booth, from constance markievicz's prison letters (1934), poem is entitled 'to constance'

Foley62: “whenever the feeling is weightiest you are at your best.” Yeats to Eva Gore Booth

HJosephineGiles: There's a lot more of this material from Irene Clyde and her collaborators in the archives of "Urania", the private magazine she co-produced with Eva Gore-Booth and others for 30 years. It's also, sadly, not publicly available.

bergormanlowry: A very thought-provoking article with a few lines from the overlooked but wonderful poetess, Eva Gore-Booth. A wonderful poet of nature; we know her best for "The Little Waves of Breffni". Thank you Frank for this erudite, wonderful piece.

ivressesdhier: Eva Gore-Booth (1870-1926) - The Egyptian Pillar - 1907 Behold, there is no birth From the earth to the earth, But the Roses, wise and dear, Live in heaven half the year.

Carlolight: But now I seek the One in every form, Scorning no vision that a dewdrop holds, The gentle Light that shines behind the storm -Eva Gore-Booth

LissadellHouse: Eva Gore-Booth, poet, artist and life-long campaigner for the improvement of working conditions for women. Born in Lissadell in 1870 Painted by her sister, Countess Markievicz Lissadell collection

LissadellHouse: Countess Markievicz, poet, patriot Sketched by her sister, Eva Gore-Booth Lissadell Collection

AnneMarie_Fyfe: 'The innocent and the beautiful / Have no enemy but time' (In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz, WB Yeats) On the Lissadell estate, Sligo, as if time itself hung by a thread, or a dandelion spore at the wind's mercy...

ivressesdhier: she was romantically involved with fellow working-class suffragette annie kenney, and most probably with suffragette eva gore-booth

ivressesdhier: her sister sylvia said "Eva Gore-Booth had a personality of great charm... Christabel adored her, and when Eva suffered from neuralgia, as often happened, would sit with her for hours massaging her head. –

kzhleaves: i wish the story of eva gore-booth and esther roper was taught in school, they were so beautiful together

johnsimkin: Suffragists who joined included Ada Salter, Maude Royden, Violet Tillard, Lilla Brockway, Helena Swanwick, Catherine Marshall, Kathleen Courtney, Marian Ellis, Edith Ellis, Eva Gore-Booth, Esther Roper, Winnie Mason, Alice Wheeldon, Hettie Wheeldon, Storm Jameson, etc.

CelizMurray: I always felt when reading this that Yeats somehow pinned the two women to a board like butterflies. In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markievicz

translibdub: SATURDAY AUGUST 13TH, 12PM, TENI OFFICES ELLIS QUAY Librarian Clare Tebbutt showcases the trans feminist roots of the women's suffrage movement, discussing notable figures like Eva Gore-Booth and the distortion of this history by TERFs REGISTER HERE:

FinnClodagh: his remains. The exhibition also recalls his relationship with Alice Stopford Green who supported his Congo Reform movement and attended his trial along with Eva Gore Booth.

translibdub: Join librarian Clare Tebbutt for a discussion of suffragette history, focusing on its trans feminist roots, suffrage campaigners such as Eva Gore-Booth and the distortion of their legacy by TERFs. Event will be (cough) FREE BUT TICKETED! Register Here:

alolikadutt: Dear shadows, now you know it all, All the folly of a fight With a common wrong or right. The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time; — W. B. Yeats In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz

ireland: Figure this is as good a week as any to discuss the contribution of Irish citizens living abroad over the years -- people like Samuel Beckett, Seamus Coleman, Graham Norton, Oscar Wilde, Sharon Horgan... the list goes on. But my absolute favourite has to be Eva Gore-Booth. 1/?

RobertBohan: Countess Markievicz is rightly famed as a freedom fighter & revolutionary. Together with her sister, Eva Gore Booth, she was supportive of LGBTQIA people. Her life, & that of her sister, clearly indicate that she would have campaigned for Trans & non-binary people.

RobertBohan: Eva Gore-Booth (1870-1926) was an Irish poet, suffragist, activist & advocate for LGBT+ & founder of the journal Urania (1916). She supported independence & introduced her sister Countess Markievicz (3rd pic) to politics.

RobertBohan: In 2016 Gore-Booth’s role was finally acknowledged by the Irish establishment when an Uachtarán noted her ‘integrated emancipatory instinct’ - See an overview here:

LissadellHouse: Eva Gore-Booth portrait, painted by her sister Countess Markievicz Lissadell collection

LissadellHouse: Countess Markievicz sketched by her sister Eva Gore-Booth Lissadell collection

alolikadutt: Dear shadows, now you know it all, All the folly of a fight With a common wrong or right. The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time; — W. B. Yeats In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz

RobertBohan: In 2016 Gore-Booth’s role was finally acknowledged by the Irish establishment when an Uachtarán noted her ‘integrated emancipatory instinct’ - See an overview here:

RobertBohan: In 2016 Gore-Booth’s role was finally acknowledged by the Irish establishment when an Uachtarán noted her ‘integrated emancipatory instinct’ - See an overview here:

MacAodhagainS: TERFs using the image of Constance Gore-Booth is making me feel sick this morning. An evil twisting of a historical figure even before considering what her sister Eva stood for

DanMulhall: Oh, poor, pale days that pass me by .. Glad without smiles, and sad without a sigh, Beloved of none; Content to fade away and die At set of sun. With neither stars nor flowers nigh, Nor evening breeze nor sunset sky When day is done. Eva Gore-Booth

HarryWatson63: ‘In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markievicz’ by W B Yeats ..The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time; Arise and bid me strike a match And strike another till time catch..

gpowithistory: Eva Gore-Booth has been honoured by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions as an LGBT and workers rights role model, for the work she carried out over the course of her extraordinary life.

UpsyDaisy666_: 9/ INCLUDE – Eva Gore-Booth – poet, feminist, labour activist, Gore-Booth (& her life partner Esther Roper) spent their lives campaigning for the rights of women. The younger sister of Countess Markiewicz – the inspiration for Irish grassroots feminist organisation The Countess.

RobertBohan: In 2016 Gore-Booth’s role was finally acknowledged by the Irish establishment when an Uachtarán noted her ‘integrated emancipatory instinct’ - See an overview here:

MattWeiner19: "In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz"

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NiamhArtCN: Sisterhood and Remembering Eva Gore-Booth (1870-1926) at the Embassy of Ireland in Beijing

McrPoetryLib: Happy St Patrick's Day! Do you know how the daughter of a wealthy Irish baronet come to be an integral part of Manchester’s political history? Learn more about Milly Harrison's research on Eva Gore-Booth and her legacy within the city:

boslerlibrary: Travel to the seas of Ireland in your mind with the following poem, “The Little Waves of Breffny,” by Eva Gore-Booth! Read the full poem on Poetry Foundation:

LissadellHouse: Sligo Feis Ceoil President: Georgina, Lady Gore-Booth, mother of Countess Markievicz and Eva Gore-Booth Lissadell collection

sapphosfriend: i also added eva gore-booth and esther roper linked to each other

HerstoryIreland: Eva Gore Booth Eva was a suffragist, trade unionist & poet. Eva & her partner Esther Roper also publicised gay & trans issues. In 1916, together w/ trans woman Irene Clyde, they founded the periodical Urania, publishing articles on the topics...

sligopride: Today on International Women's Day we are remembering our Queer Icon of Sligo: Eva Gore-Booth. Eva published the first known gay journal published in either England or Ireland "Urania" along with her life partner Esther Roper and a trans woman called Irene Clyde.

Too_Big_To_Fail: She was a childhood friend of Yeats, who wrote the poem "In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz" after the deaths of her and her sister, in which Yeats refers to Markiewicz as a "gazelle."

Dubliner1: Eva Gore Booth And the little waves of Breffny go stumbling through my soul

DanMulhall: Here is the entry in the Dictionary of Irish Biography on the remarkable life of Eva Gore Booth, writer, suffragist, pacifist, social worker, trade union organiser & supporter of animal rights.

nberlat: this poem is about how his dead friends ruined themselves by caring about politics rather than just sitting around staying young and pretty so Yeats could contemplate them.

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socialsciencec2: today : Urania Magazine interesting chapter on this title which was founded by Esther Roper and Eva Gore Booth and published from 1916-1940. This was remarkable in challenging gender stereotypes. claiming that there are no men and women in Urania

johnsimkin: In 1893 Constance moved to London to study art at the Slade. It was at this time that she joined the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). In 1896 she joined with Eva Gore-Booth (her sister), to establish the Sligo Women's Suffrage Association.

caoilfhionnanna: 7/ For example, in April 1908 she campaigned alongside other suffragists (including her sister, Eva Gore-Booth) to oppose Winston Churchill’s re-election in Manchester North West by-election, as he failed to support legislation which provided for votes for women. (Almost there!)

RethinkingEve: Eva Gore Booth, Constance Markievicz & 'The Death of Fionavar'

IrishWomenin: Eva Gore Booth & Esther Roper were involved in the suffrage movement & trade unionism. They were “companions for life”. Of Eva, Esther wrote that "Even simple everyday pleasures when shared with her became touched with magic".

LINCwomen: Next week, Katherine O'Donnell Associate Professor in UCD School of Philosophy is here to explore the work of Eva Gore Booth (sister of Countess Markievicz) her lover Esther Roper & their dear friend/colleague, trans woman Irene Clyde whose years of work together span 1912-1940.

TufffGnarl: The light of evening, Lissadell, great windows open to the south, two girls in silk kimonos, both beautiful, one a gazelle. - extract from 'In memory of Eva Gore Booth and Con Markiewicz' By William Butler Yeats

jjjjjjjjjjcross: Echoes of the Song of Songs in Yeats's In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markievicz

_massivelegend_: “The great waves of the Atlantic sweep storming in their way; Shining green and silver with the hidden herring shoal; But the Little Waves of Breffny have drenched my heart in spray; And the Little Waves of Breffny go stumbling through my soul.” ~ Eva Gore-Booth

FinnClodagh: to campaign for a reprieve of her sister’s death sentence. She later fought for prison reform and campaigned against the death penalty. For more on her writing, see

DanMulhall: Here the Atlantic breakers shake the shore And wild winds blast the life of grass & trees, Brave rocks are broken in that endless war, The very earth seems driven to her knees. Fearless, the sea-pink grows on the bare stone, Her wan face lifted to the wind & wave.. Eva Gore-Booth

historicwomens: Eva Gore-Booth and her sister Constance Gore-Booth, later known as the Countess Markievicz

SadbhKellett: Markievicz writing to her sister Eva Gore-Booth from prison about their star signs. An icon.

c1aranquinn: “We meet beyond Earth’s barred gate Where all the world’s wild Rebels are” - Eva Gore Booth. In memory of her sister Countess Markievicz who died today in 1927

IrishPhilosophy: Writing History, Making History, Rewriting History. Women in Ireland 1888-1938 (includes Markievicz and her sister Eva Gore Booth).

josephfpoetry: WB Yeats on Eva Gore Booth

LissadellHouse: 'Life that is Love is God' This quote from the poet Sappho is etched on the gravestone of Eva Gore-Booth, poet, suffragist, pacifist, who died on this day 95 years ago Eva is buried with her life companion, Esther Roper, in Hampstead in London Eva was born in Lissadell in 1870

MattWeiner19: This but In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz

SJPSalisbury: Looking forward to the day when travel is possible again and I can sit on the bench my father made for me and look across the bay to see, 'The light of evening, Lissadell, Great windows open to the south.'

LissadellHouse: Born on this day in 1843, Sir Henry Gore-Booth, father to Constance, Countess Markievicz, Eva Gore-Booth and Sir Josslyn Gore-Booth Henry was proud of his daughter Eva's poetry, as shown on his inscribed copy of her first book of poems The portrait of Henry is by Sarah Purser

RobertBohan: In 2016 Gore-Booth’s role was finally acknowledged by the Irish establishment when an Uachtarán noted her ‘integrated emancipatory instinct’ - See an overview here:

mollydot: Violet l'Estrange was a feminist cousin to Countess Markievicz and Eva Gore Booth. She and her husband, John Annan Bryce, created gardens on a Cork island, now maintained by the OPW. Both are in this grave.

LissadellHouse: Here in the silent wood Beauty and Peace join hands at last And all the wars of the world have shrivelled and fallen away For the winds of an Unknown Will are blowing out of the vast And the soul of the world grows one with the lips that pity and pray Eva Gore-Booth

Xenales: Check out this book: "Broken Glory" by Eva Gore-Booth

SniffAltText: Eva Gore-Booth An Irish poet, suffragette and social worker, Gore-Booth struggled with chronic illness for much of her life . She tirelessly advocated for women's rights in the workplace and in the voting booth, as well as animal welfare alongside her partner Esther Rope.

billinghurstwik: The Women's Suffrage Movement Among Trade Unionists (1907) by Eva Gore-Booth

Irish_Links: Two birthdays today: Michael Doheny, Young Irelander, born 1805; and Eva Gore-Booth, feminist, poet and trade unionist, born 1870.

LissadellHouse: Born at Lissadell on this day in 1870, Eva Selina Gore-Booth Poet, suffragist, lifelong campaigner for the improvement of conditions for working women

CurriculumCanon: Festival of New Work: ON DEMAND-NEW PODCAST 'By Many Names' (creator: May O'Connell) dramatises the letters of Nora Barnacle and Eva Gore Booth & explores the impact of their lives. You can listen here: Part 1:

EmilyAAherne: Getting into theatre today for this! So so exciting to be getting back into the actual space again. Check out this devised piece about Eva Gore Booth that I’m currently a part of! ✨

PotitoSad: The price of every joy the soul may gain Is paid in blood and sighing and sharp tears Who is a miser of the hoard of pain Shall win no great good from the crafty years. Because of the torn fibres of the soul, I know there is a great good gained by death. - Eva Gore Booth, 1905

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DrHGuy: "The light of evening, Lissadell" Leonard Cohen Recites Yeats' In Memory of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz: Lissadell House-Sligo 2010



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