Sonja Tiernan: Eva Gore-Booth: Irish radical poet, rebel and reformer

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Professor Sonja Tiernan speaks to her new publication on the life of Eva Gore Booth, Irish radical poet, rebel and reformer.

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The Irish poet and activist Eva Gore-Booth (1870-1926) led a life defiantly at odds with her aristocratic origins. Choosing to live and work among the poor of Manchester, she campaigned on behalf of barmaids, circus performers, flower sellers and pit-brow lasses, her partner, Esther Roper, at her side.Gore-Booth was tireless in her pursuit of justice. She was a militant pacifist during the First World War, a champion of Irish independence and a pioneering thinker on gender and sexuality. She was also a prolific author, publishing nineteen volumes of poetry and prose that reflect the full force of her radical convictions.Professor <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2409-311X" title="https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2409-311X" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sonja Tiernan's</a> landmark biography celebrates Gore-Booth's life and work in the context of our current political climate and reclaims her place as a significant figure of Anglo-Irish letters and an unsung hero of LGBT+ history.Link: <a href="https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526196972/" title="https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526196972/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Eva Gore-Booth: Irish radical poet, rebel and reformer</a>.This event is supported by The Institute of Irish Studies at University of Liverpool and Professor Tiernan’s publisher Manchester University Press.

Sonja Tiernan: Eva Gore-Booth: Irish radical poet, rebel and reformer

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