"""These Obstreperous Lassies"" Book Launch.  (R93)..1988..15.12.1988..12.15.1988..15th December 1988..A book which chronicles an important aspect of Irish social history was launched in Larkin Hall. ""These Obstreperous Lassies"" written and researched by Mary Jones, details the seventy three years of the Irish Women Workers Union and of the women who were involved in the union..With Countess Markievicz as its first president, The Union began the fight for equal pay and fair treatment under the leadership of women like helen Chenevix, Louise Bennett and Helena Molloy. They fought for the rights of vulnerable workers such as Laundresses,print workers,box makers,nurses and dressmakers..The Author, Mary Jones, is a full time researcher specialising in Women and Work...Picture shows the Author Mary Jones (L) chatting with Michael Gill, Managing Director, Gill and McMillan (The Publishers), Marie Heaney and Seamus Heany at the launch of the book."
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