"She was like an extinct volcano, her former violent self burnt out ... What she had fought for had not really come into being; maybe nothing on earth could have brought it into being, so romantic and heroic was it."

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RevolutionariesWomen's rights activistsIrish nationalistsWomen politicians in the United KingdomWomen politicians in Ireland
Original Language: English

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Mary Colum, Irish author and literary critic, on seeing her old friend shortly before Markievicz died (via Markievicz: A Most Outrageous Rebel by Lindie Naughton)