This book explores the lives, careers, and social and political activism of a diverse group of women historians in Ireland, contributing to the study of the Irish historical tradition and the study of women historians in an international context. It addresses debates about gender and history, modern Irish historiography and Irish women's history.

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NADIA CLARE SMITH is Adjunct Professor to the History Department at Boston College, USA, where she received her PhD. A specialist in modern Irish History, her work has been recognized by the Fulbright Commission.

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Book Title: A 'Manly Study'?
Book Subtitle: Irish Women Historians 1868-1949
Authors: Nadia Clare Smith
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230596481
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-00904-2Published: 30 August 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59648-1Published: 30 August 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 216
Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Clinical Psychology, Gender Studies, Historiography and Method

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Unionist Women Historians, 1868–1922

Nationalist Women Historians, 1868–1922

Women Historians in the NUI, 1922–1949

Women Historians at Trinity College, 1922–1949

Non-Academic Women Historians, 1922–1949

Conclusion

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