Wild Irish Women Archive
Maeve Brennan Talk of The Town
Maeve Brennan (1917-1993), the Dublin-born writer has been described as “Irish literature’s best kept secret,”…
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…
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Wild Irish Women: Rita Hayworth, the Ravishing and Ravished Redhead
The tragic star who burned too bright but always gave the loveliest light. Her mother, the improbably named Volga, was an ex-Ziegfeld Girl, born to a printer, Allynn Hayworth, and […]
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 […]