TY - JOUR
T1 - Intersectional solidarity?
T2 - The Armagh women, the British left and women’s liberation
AU - Nugent, Brodie
AU - Smith, Evan
PY - 2017/11/24
Y1 - 2017/11/24
N2 - In 1980, three Republican women prisoners held in Armagh prison in Northern Ireland joined the hunger strike being conducted by male Republican prisoners in Maze Prison. Overshadowed by the fatal 1981 strike, the 1980 strike involved these women in Armagh, who challenged the traditional nationalist notion of the strong male warrior, while generating sympathy and solidarity across the globe, including with the far left and the women’s liberation movement in Britain. This article will look at how the left and the women’s liberation movement in both Britain and Ireland looked to portray these women within their competing narratives.
AB - In 1980, three Republican women prisoners held in Armagh prison in Northern Ireland joined the hunger strike being conducted by male Republican prisoners in Maze Prison. Overshadowed by the fatal 1981 strike, the 1980 strike involved these women in Armagh, who challenged the traditional nationalist notion of the strong male warrior, while generating sympathy and solidarity across the globe, including with the far left and the women’s liberation movement in Britain. This article will look at how the left and the women’s liberation movement in both Britain and Ireland looked to portray these women within their competing narratives.
KW - Armagh prison
KW - far left
KW - Hunger strike
KW - Republicanism
KW - women’s liberation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85034822343&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13619462.2017.1401473
DO - 10.1080/13619462.2017.1401473
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85034822343
VL - 31
SP - 611
EP - 635
JO - Contemporary British History
JF - Contemporary British History
SN - 1361-9462
IS - 4
ER -