Ladies' Land League

Pages, uh, twenty-five to twenty-seven.

The Tale of a Great Shame, The Irish Land War and Ladies' Land League by Jack Guillen.

From 1879 to 1882, Ireland was gripped by a mass redu- radical movement which sought to organize tenant farmers in a fight against exorbitant rents and oppressive British laws.

The Irish Land League organized thousands of tenant farmers and other members in refusing rent payments, obstructing eviction attempts, and financially supporting tenants.

At its height, the league claimed over two hundred thousand members.

By early 1881, it became clear that the British state would imminently arrest the all-male leadership of the Irish L- Land League.

Refusing to allow the movement to die, uh, without its head, those m- leaders, at the urging of some women members and with the support of Michael Davitt especially, formed the Ladies' Land League, making Anna Parnell its secretary with the expectation that the ladies would take on leadership responsibilities in the men's absence.

This was no immediate victory for the women's members of the league, however.

So I was interested in studying Irish women's history.

I wanted to do something about the Ladies' Land League.

Nothing had been recorded at the time.

So long story short, this wonderful man...