There's Something About Mary: Conversations with Irish Women Politicians - Softcover

Banotti, Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856079627 ISBN 13: 9781856079624

Verlag: Currach Press, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Mary Banotti

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Reseña del editor

What's in a name that was once so popular in Ireland but seems to have fallen out of fashion in recent times?
If s the first name of the country's two women Presidents to date, of all women ministers in the government that took office after the election of 2007, and of many TDs and senators.
In There's Something about Mary, leading Irish women politicians named Mary (or Maire) speak frankly to former MEP Mary Banotti - herself a veteran of many election campaigns and once dubbed 'gallant loser of the year'. They reflect on the importance of position in the family - many Marys were the eldest child or the eldest girl. They describe what drew them to political life and how they coped with the terrors of selection conventions, elections campaigns and the possibility or reality of defeat.

Biografía del autor

Mary Banotti is a well-known political figure. She is a grandniece of Michael Collins, and was a prominent, respected elected representative in Ireland for many years. In 1984 she was first elected a Member of the European Parliament. There she worked on a variety of issues including environmental and women's rights. She is currently the European Parliament President's Mediator for Transnationally Abducted Children and a well-known spokesman in this area.

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• Verlag: Currach Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1856079627
• ISBN 13: 9781856079624
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 190