{"product_id":"daughter-of-derry-margie-bernard-9781440120008","title":"Daughter of Derry: The Story of Brigid Sheils Makowski","description":"When seeking attention to overlooked injustices, you must do something bold. Or just sit down.\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margie Bernard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1440120005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781440120008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.52d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Margie Bernard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44066177712383,"sku":"9781440120008","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d37edf11-45b0-4cd0-8d04-8092cccad02c.jpg?v=1685405750","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/daughter-of-derry-margie-bernard-9781440120008","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}