Mary P Burrill

Mary P. Burrill was a celebrated playwright whose works inspired many prominent writers of the New Negro Movement/Harlem Renaissance. She used her plays to confront many topics, including, but not limited to, lynching, the Black experience, and bodily autonomy for women.

Continue reading

Joanna Ryan

As Mother Stanislaus in the Loreto order of nuns, she took a leading role in developing a hall of residence for women university students at Loreto College on St Stephen’s Green, Dublin.

Continue reading