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Margaret Skinnider

Irish activist

Died when: 79 years 135 days (952 months)
Star Sign: Gemini

 

Margaret Skinnider

Margaret Frances Skinnider (28 May 1892 – 10 October 1971) was a revolutionary and feminist born in Coatbridge, Scotland.She fought during the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin as a sniper, among other roles, and was the only woman wounded in the action.

As a scout, she was praised for her bravery.Sadhbh Walshe in The New York Times refers to her as "the schoolteacher turned sniper".

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