History of Women in Ireland, 1500-1800

Dr O'Dowd is one the editors of 'Women in Early Modern Ireland' - a collection of essays published by Edinburgh University Press in 1991.

• Acknowledgements. Introduction. PART I, POLITICS 1. Marriage, Lordship and Politics, c.1500-1692. 2. Politics, Patriotism and the Public Sphere: Women and Politics, 1690-1800. PART II, THE ECONOMY 3. Portions, Property And Home: Women And The Economy, 1500-1696. 4. Women and Economic Opportunities in Eighteenth Century Ireland PART III, RELIGION AND EDUCATION 5. Women and Religious Change, 1500-1690 6. Charity, Cathecising and Convents: Women and Religious Institutions, 1690-1800. 7, Reading, Writing and Intellectual Interests PART IV, IDEAS 8. Ideas About Women. Conclusion. Bibliography.

'Mary O'Dowd has given us a long overdue and valuable look at the lives of women in early modern Ireland......O'Dowd does students an equal service by making her work accessible and by her careful articulation of both problems and approaches faced by historians of Ireland'L.A. Botelho, H-Net Reviews Online, May 2006