Margaret skinnider autobiography definition

Irish-Scottish revolutionary and feminist (1892–1971)

Margaret Frances Skinnider (28 May 1892 – 10 October 1971)^[1] was a revolutionary and feminist born in Coatbridge, Scotland.

“I kept on till I was a good marksman”, she wrote in her autobiography, “I believed the opportunity would soon come to defend my own country”.

“I kept on till I was a good marksman”, she wrote in her autobiography, “I believed the opportunity would soon come to defend my own country”.

Skinnider, Margaret (Ní Scineadóra, Máighréad) (–), republican, teacher, and trade unionist, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to immigrant parents.

Margaret Frances Skinnider (– 10 October ) was a revolutionary and feminist born in Coatbridge, Scotland.

Margaret Skinnider features briefly in Irish history books as the woman who was wounded commanding a military action during the Easter

Margaret Skinnider (–) was a Glasgow-born mathematics teacher of Co. Monaghan extraction.

She fought during the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin as a sniper, among other roles, and was the only woman wounded in the action. As a scout, she was praised for her bravery.^[2] Sadhbh Walshe in The New York Times refers to her as "the schoolteacher turned sniper".^[3]

Early life

Margaret Frances Skinnider was born in 1892 to Irish parents in the Lanarkshire town of Coatbridge.

She trained as a mathematics teacher and joined Cumann na mBan in Glasgow. She was also involved in the women's suffrage movement, including a protest at Perth Prison.^[4][5] Ironically, she had learned to shoot in a rifle club^[6] which had originally been set up so that women could help in defence of the British Empire.^[7]

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