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Mary Reid (other)
Mary Reid may refer to: * Mary Reid (activist) (1953–2003), Irish activist, socialist and poet * Mary Reid Macarthur (1880–1921), Scottish suffragist and trades unionist * Mary Hiester Reid (1854–1921), American-born Canadian painter and teacher * Mary Martha Reid (1812–1894), Florida's "most famous nurse and Confederate heroine" * Mary Greyeyes-Reid (1920–2011), first woman of the First Nations to join the Canadian Women's Army Corps * Mary E. Wrinch Mary Evelyn Wrinch (1877–1969), was a Canadian artist who created miniature paintings, oil paintings, and block prints, sometimes inspired by the Northern Ontario landscape.Harper, J. Russell. ''Early Painters and Engravers in Canada'', Toronto ... (1878–1969), British-Canadian artist Fictional characters * Mary Reid, in the UK TV soap opera '' Brookside'', played by Carolyn Jordan See also * Mary Read (1685–1721), pirate * Mary Reed (other) {{hndis, Reid, Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Reid (activist)
Mary Reid (25 April 1953 – 29 January 2003) was an Irish activist, socialist and poet. Biography Reid was born in Monaghan to Plunkett and Patricia Reid. Her parents ran a grocery shop in Pettigo, County Donegal. The shop was bombed in 1973 through a Ulster loyalism, loyalist car bomb. The family were not killed. Reid was educated in St Louis convent secondary school in Monaghan before going on to study history and politics at University College Dublin. After graduating with an Arts degree, Reid went on to study law in Trinity College Dublin and later gained two master's degrees in rural development from University College Galway and creative writing from the University of Lancaster. Reid spoke five languages, fluently in French and Irish and conversational German and Spanish. During her time in UCD, Reid got involved with the Official Irish Republican Army, Official Irish Republican movement. Upon the group's split in 1974, Reid joined the Irish Republican Socialist Party and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |