Genevieve O’Farrell
1900s Irish headmistress
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Mary Ann Byrne
Irish nationalist who, when seven months pregnant, delivered the surgical knives used in the assassination of Cavendish and Burke to the Invincibles in Dublin in February 1882 by concealing them under her skirts. On another occasion she brought them a rifle, two revolvers, and a large quantity of ammunition.
Charlotte C Johnston
Boston artist and pianist
Barbara Verschoyle
1700s and 1800s Irish land agent and philanthropist
Rosie Johnson
1900s Irish street trader
Ellen McKenna
Irish Sister of Mercy, American civil war nurse and teacher
Mary Harrison
Irish journalist and nationalist
Caroline Grey
Irish political hostess, business owner and activist
Caroline Douglas
1800s marchioness of Queensberry and Irish nationalist benefactor
Mary Theresa Mehegan Hill
Mary Theresa Mehegan Hill witnessed the city of St Paul’s evolution from a small settlement on the Mississippi River to an important center of commerce.