PhD Candidate, University of Liverpool
Louise Coyne is a PhD student at the Institute of Irish Studies at the University of Liverpool. She has recently submitted her thesis titled 'The Making of a Militant: How Ireland made Emmeline Pankhurst a Militant'. The thesis focused on the influence of Ireland on Emmeline Pankhurst and her policies as one of the leaders of the Women’s Social and Political Union (more commonly known as the suffragettes). The thesis analysed the tactics of the suffragettes, the Irish inspiration behind the tactics and the differing response by the Government to the suffragettes in comparison to Irish nationalists and Ulster unionists.
Louise's research interests include: women’s suffrage, feminism, modern British history, modern Irish history and protest (violent and nonviolent).
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