{"product_id":"daughter-of-derry-the-story-of-brigid-sheils-makowski-paperback","title":"Daughter of Derry: The Story of Brigid Sheils Makowski - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargie Bernard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen seeking attention to overlooked injustices, you must do something bold. Or just sit down.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Brigid Sheils Makowski chose to sit, and it worked. In 1970, her week-long sit-in with her five children at the British Consulate in Philadelphia ended media silence about British Army killing unarmed civilians in Belfast. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e That political protest is one of many recounted by this Bogside-born Derry woman whose father fought in the original IRA against British colonization and its partition of Ireland. At eighteen, she went to Philadelphia to marry Polish-American Leo Makowski. She recounts adjustment to his family, his country, and her increased politicization during Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s movement to abolish segregation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Brigid participated in the 1968 Derry Civil Rights March-catalyst for renewed efforts to achieve a united Ireland rigorously resisted by both British and Irish governments. A year later, she persuaded Leo to move to Shannon where she served twenty-five-years as an elected Town Commissioner. A founder of the Irish Republican Socialist Party, her resignation when new leadership changed political objectives resulted in death threats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This remarkable woman's story is for those seeking to unravel past and present complexities of Irish politics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 228\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42731420287039,"sku":"9781440120008","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/86e61c5efee7713681916e802ce425ff.webp?v=1765128810","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/daughter-of-derry-the-story-of-brigid-sheils-makowski-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}