Ada English : Patriot and psychiatrist
Kelly, Brendan2014
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Ada English : Patriot and psychiatrist / Brendan Kelly, with a foreword by Diarmaid Ferriter.
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Imprint:
Sallins, Co. Kildare : Irish Academic Press Ltd, 2014.
Collation:
xiv, 170p. + [8]p. of plates; ills. (b.&w.), 24cm.
Notes:
"Born in Kerry, raised in Westmeath and educated in Dublin, Ada English qualified as a doctor and immersed herself in the Gaelic Revival and nationalist politics, joining the Gaelic League, Sinn Féin, and Cumann na mBan, while also serving as medical officer to the Irish Volunteers. A friend of Pastrick Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh, Arthur Griffith, Liam Mellows, and Eamon de Valera, her activism intensified during the War of Independence and in 1921 she spent 6 months in Galway jail for possession of nationalist literature. She was elected to the second Dail, rejected the Anglo-Irish Treaty and when the Civil War broke out she reputedly joined Cathal Brugha in his occupation of the Hammam Hotel on O'Connell Street. She was buried alongside her former patients in Ballinasloe District Asylum, Co. Galway. --- Background : Childhood and education, 1875 - 1903 --------Politics : Cumann na mBan, Easter Rising, War of Independence, Second Dáil and Civil War, 1914-1929 / Irish Volunteers ( 1913 ) and Cumann Na mBan (1914) / Easter Rising ( 1916) / ------ Medicine : Psychiatry and the asylum,1904 - 1942 / Mental health services in early 20th century Ireland / Politics in the asylum / Caring for the mentally ill / Medical treatments at the asylum / Further challenges in the mental hospital / Selection of a new resident medical superintendent / A "Sworn Inquiry" at Ballinasloe Mental Hospital ( 1940) / Resident Medical Superintendent English /------- Revolution : Women doctors in early twentieth century Ireland, 1900 - 1942 / Dr Kathleen Lynn ( 1874-1955 ) / Dr Dorothy Price ( 1890-1954 ) / Dr Brigid Lyons Thornton (1898 -1987 ) / Dr Eleonora Fleury ( 1867 -1960 ) /----- Conclusion : the legacy of Dr. Ada EnglishIncludes bibliography (pp. 151-163) and index.
ISBN:
9780716532699 (pbk)
Dewey class:
920616.89092 Irish616.89 Ir
Language:
English
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BRN:
641659