Mary Strangman was the first elected woman member of Waterford Corporation
Mary Strangman: a quietly determined achiever, not given to acts of extremism, who saved a lot of lives. Photograph: Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland/Poole Collection
But she was almost 40 at the time. And even if that were still considered young by the newspaper correspondent, it seems unlikely she was the one who wanted to punch Birrell.From Éire to Everest – Marc McMenamin on George Mallory and IrelandBiographies of Strangman suggest a quietly determined achiever, not given to acts of extremism, who saved a lot of lives and didn’t take any . This may be why she is largely forgotten today.
After graduating, she spent years in England, first working in an asylum, later in a private hospital where she also lectured on midwifery. Then in 1902, she became only the second woman to win fellowship of the RCSI, and a year later set up practice back in her native city. Much depression and many failed attempts to kick the habit later, he came to her and was treated with strychnine and other medications.
It was soon apparent that, in their greater cause, Strangman and other members of the Irish Women’s Franchise League would not have allies in the MP for Waterford, John Redmond, or his Irish Party in Westminster.
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