Author: Máire Cruise O'Brien
Publisher: The O'Brien Press
ISBN: 184717504X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Máire Cruise O'Brien explores the republican and revolutionary connections of her family as she was growing up, the fallout of the Civil War, and life in the Irish-speaking districts of Ireland almost a century ago. Máire spent two years studying in post-war Paris where she met Beckett and Sylvia Beech, among others. She became the first ever Irish woman diplomat, a role which took her to Spain in the time of Franco, the General Assembly of the U.N. & the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. After her marriage to Conor Cruise O'Brien, she accompanied him to various countries including wartime Congo when Conor was U.N. representative, Ghana, where he was Chancellor of the new university, and the U.S, when he lectured in New York University. This is the autobiography of a unique woman, spanning most of the 20th century. It is filled with famous people including revolutionaries, writers, statesmen and many more· A compelling insight into a time of great upheaval in Ireland, Europe and Africa.
The Same Age as the State
Author: Máire Cruise O'Brien
Publisher: The O'Brien Press
ISBN: 184717504X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Máire Cruise O'Brien explores the republican and revolutionary connections of her family as she was growing up, the fallout of the Civil War, and life in the Irish-speaking districts of Ireland almost a century ago. Máire spent two years studying in post-war Paris where she met Beckett and Sylvia Beech, among others. She became the first ever Irish woman diplomat, a role which took her to Spain in the time of Franco, the General Assembly of the U.N. & the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. After her marriage to Conor Cruise O'Brien, she accompanied him to various countries including wartime Congo when Conor was U.N. representative, Ghana, where he was Chancellor of the new university, and the U.S, when he lectured in New York University. This is the autobiography of a unique woman, spanning most of the 20th century. It is filled with famous people including revolutionaries, writers, statesmen and many more· A compelling insight into a time of great upheaval in Ireland, Europe and Africa.
Publisher: The O'Brien Press
ISBN: 184717504X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Máire Cruise O'Brien explores the republican and revolutionary connections of her family as she was growing up, the fallout of the Civil War, and life in the Irish-speaking districts of Ireland almost a century ago. Máire spent two years studying in post-war Paris where she met Beckett and Sylvia Beech, among others. She became the first ever Irish woman diplomat, a role which took her to Spain in the time of Franco, the General Assembly of the U.N. & the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. After her marriage to Conor Cruise O'Brien, she accompanied him to various countries including wartime Congo when Conor was U.N. representative, Ghana, where he was Chancellor of the new university, and the U.S, when he lectured in New York University. This is the autobiography of a unique woman, spanning most of the 20th century. It is filled with famous people including revolutionaries, writers, statesmen and many more· A compelling insight into a time of great upheaval in Ireland, Europe and Africa.
The Same Age as the State
Author: Máire O'Brien
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Category : Diplomats
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Category : Diplomats
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Teenagers: Marriages, Divorces, Parenthood, and Mortality
Author: Alice M. Hetzel
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Category : Teenage marriage
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Category : Teenage marriage
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Vital and Health Statistics
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 588
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Labor Laws of the United States Series
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Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Category : Courts
Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Too Young to Run?
Author: John Evan Seery
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271048530
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
"Examines the history, theory, and politics behind the age qualifications for elected federal office in the United States Constitution. Argues that the right to run for office ought to be extended to all adult-age citizens who are otherwise office-eligible"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271048530
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
"Examines the history, theory, and politics behind the age qualifications for elected federal office in the United States Constitution. Argues that the right to run for office ought to be extended to all adult-age citizens who are otherwise office-eligible"--Provided by publisher.
Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
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Category : Administrative procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
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Category : Administrative procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
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Rural Poverty in the United States
Author: United States. National Advisory Commission on Rural Poverty
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Category : Poor
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Category : Poor
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
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Category : Diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Category : Diseases
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Code of Federal Regulations
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Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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