Wild Irish Women Archive
Kate Gleason: A Century Ahead of Her Time
Even in recent decades, women engineers have at times felt like they’re trying to make…
Wild Irish Women | Nell McCafferty
“You never knew what she would say next.” Though she stood just under 4’11”, Nell…
Mairéad Farrell: A Fanatic Heart
On March 6, 1988, in the shadow of the rock of Gibraltar, British Special Air…
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Wild Irish Women: Carmel Snow, the Fashionista
One of the most extraordinary fashion editors of all time was an immigrant from Ireland. The Irish don’t spring to mind when discussing fashionistas, women such as Anna Wintour or […]
What You Didn’t Know About Typhoid Mary
She was the original Patient Zero, a healthy and asymptomatic carrier of a deadly plague. Baptized in Ireland in 1869 as Mary Mallon, she was re-baptized in America as Typhoid […]
Wild Irish Women: The Reporter Who Wouldn’t Go Away
Dorothy is Back! Dorothy Kilgallen was a TV and radio star, a columnist who wrote about theater and film, the rich and famous, but more than anything, she was a crime […]
Wild Irish Women: Mother Jones
Irish-born American labor leader Mother Jones was once known as the “most dangerous woman in America.” The editors of the socially-conscious magazine Mother Jones, explaining the woman Mother Jones to their […]
Elizabeth O’Farrell – A Fearless Woman
An Irish nurse and member of Cumann na mBan, Elizabeth O’Farrell performed nursing and courier duties, delivering dispatches and ammunition to rebels over the days of the Easter Rising. She […]
“Sure Shot Mary”
New York City police officer and detective Mary Agnes Shanley (1896-1989) was the first policewoman to use a gun in an arrest. She made over 1,000 collars in her career […]