Thread by @marinamaral2

Dublin, 1916. Several British officers were enjoying lunch without a care in the world.

Suddenly, their meal was given a extra bit of local garnish: shards of glass falling into their plates...

... from windows shattered by gunfire. Ducking for cover, the officers pulled out revolvers and began shooting in the direction of their opponents — only for the British gunfire to be returned expertly by a woman who would come to bedevil their every moment.

This was Countess Constance Markievicz, a socialite who’d traded gowns and balls for guerillas and bullets.

Weeks later, during her military trial, a young man would describe her assault on British officers to the court — and again, she responded with blistering firepower. Browbeating the witness into tears, she savaged his testimony until he recanted and changed his statement.

All the while she dared the officers standing around to shoot her. Years later, she’d become Ireland’s first elected female politician. While incarcerated.

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