 |  | | | Anna Parnell – fighting against oppressive landlords in 19th century Ireland | 28 March 2007 | | |
 Charles Stewart Parnell was one of the leading Anglo-Irish politicians of the 19th century, becoming leader of the Irish Home Rule Party. Widely known as the 'uncrowned king of Ireland', he is still revered today. Like her brother, Anna Parnell played an important role in opposing the brutal landlord system – at that time many Irish peasants were being oppressed by absentee British landlords. As head of the Ladies Land League, which she set up, she ensured that the struggle for social justice continued while the men in charge of the male Land League were in prison.
Anna used groundbreaking methods of non-violent resistance, decades before Gandhi and a century before the Greenham Common women. Her achievements have largely been forgotten but now a new play, 'The Ladies Cage', aims to rescue her from obscurity. Jenni Murray will be discussing Anna Parnell’s life with Rebecca Mordan, the play’s producer, and historian Dr Margaret Ward, director of the Women’s Resource and Development Agency in Belfast.
'Unmanageable Revolutionaries: Women and Irish Nationalism' by Dr Margaret Ward is published by Pluto Press, ISBN 0 7453 1085 0.The Ladies' Cage
The Finborough Theatre
The Studio, Royal Exchange Theatre, ManchesterDisclaimer
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