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Changing the Times

Irish Women Journalists 1969-1981

By: Elgy Gillespie

Publication Date: September 2003

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Changing the Times: Irish Women Journalists 1969-1981 by Elgy Gillespie

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This ‘new journalism’ by Irish Times women writers originally appeared on the Women First pages during the 1970s. Together, the pieces reflect the enormous social and political upheaval of the years when, as the first woman’s page editor Mary Maher put it, “Irish women were invented”. The voices of this exciting anthology, diverse, sparkling, irreverent, record with wit and intelligence an Ireland on the brink of transformation.

Changing The Times showcases the best of this writing, by Maeve Binchy, Mary Leland, Gabrielle Williams, Christina Murphy, Geraldine Kennedy, Maev Kennedy, Eileen O’Brien, Caroline Walsh, Theodora FitzGibbon, Nell McCafferty, Renagh Holohan, Elgy Gillespie and others.

Issues of the day are articulated and explored: pregnancy, fashion, first loves, sexuality, a burgeoning feminism, an imploding Catholic Church, an exploding North. Nell McCafferty profiles a young Ian Paisley, visits New York and talks to the family of a girl tarred and feathered in Derry; Maeve Binchy interviews Samuel Beckett and Iris Murdoch; Mary Holland follows the North, while Renagh Holohan is caught in its explosions; Elgy Gillespie encounters Muhammed Ali, Tyrone Guthrie and Robert Lowell; while Mary Cummins interviews Bernadette Devlin about having her first baby.

As the mirror of a confident young nation, and a window onto one of the most eventful decades in recent Irish history, Changing the Times gives these writings the afterlife they richly deserve.

‘This collection of articles first appearing in ‘The Irish Times’ was really enjoyable reading. Not only were they entertaining, they gave a deeper understanding of Ireland at the time, in particular the 70s… A must-read for anyone interested in journalism, women’s rights and Ireland.’ Customer review

ABOUT THE EDITOR

ELGY GILLESPIE, a food writer and journalist, worked on the Irish Times from 1971 to 1986. She freelances from her current home in San Francisco, and is author of the Rough Guide to San Francisco Restaurants and a cookbook You Say Potato!

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ISBN
9781843510185
Weight 0.5 kg
Dimensions 156 × 234 mm
Publication Date

September 2003

Format

Paperback, 250pp