Revolutionaries Ireland Biography.; Ireland Intellectual life 20th century.; Women Ireland Economic conditions 20th century.; Jacob, Rosamond, 1888-1960.; Women Ireland Social conditions 20th century.; Women authors, Irish 20th century Biography.; Suffragists Ireland Biography.; Ireland Social conditions 20th century.
Biography of Quaker female activist Rosamond Jacob 1888-1960 Jacob's live offers a means of exploring how the central issues that shaped Irish society and politics in the first half of the twentieth century were experienced by activists outside the leadership cadre. The biography also deals with the position of single, heterosexual women in an Ireland shaped by the discourse of domesticity.