Rediscovering Sarah Cecilia Harrison, artist, activist, feminist
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- 09 Mar 2022
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Artist and Friend of the Poor - this succinct gravestone inscription captures the life and work of Sarah Cecilia Harrison, a woman of talent, principle and drive who immersed herself in the political and social fabric of Dublin life. Art curator and historian Margarita Cappock remembers an unsung Irish feminist heroine, now the subject of a major new publication from Dublin City Council.
Sarah Cecilia Harrison (1863-1941) was a compelling woman who broke new ground – as an artist, an activist, a suffragist and as the first woman to be elected as a City Councillor for Dublin in 1912. Harrison came from a prosperous Northern Irish Protestant family steeped in politics. She was a grand-niece of the United Irishman, Henry Joy McCracken, and his sister Mary Ann McCracken, a radical and philanthropist. After the death of Harrison's father in 1873, the family relocated to London and at the age of 15, Harrison enrolled in the Slade School of Art in London, where she won several prizes and awards. Read More...
