What is Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz?
[[Image:Constance Markiewicz by John Butler Yeats.jpg|thumb|right|Portrait of Constance Georgine, Countess Markiewicz, in pencil, by John Butler Yeats.]] '''Constance, Countess Markiewicz''', born Constance Georgine Gore-Booth, 4 February 1868 – 15 July 1927), was an [[Ireland|Irish]] [[Sinn Féin]] and [[Fianna Fáil]]. She was the first woman elected to the [[British House of Commons]], but she did not take her seat. Instead she and the other Sinn Féin [[Teachta Dála|TDs]] formed the [[First Dáil|first]] [[Dáil Éireann]]. She is well known for founding Cumann na mBan. She was also the first woman in Europe to be a [[cabinet]] [[Minister (government)|minister]], She was [[Minister for Labour (Ireland)|Minister of Labour]] of the [[Irish Republic]] between [[1919]] and [[1922]]. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Countess Markiewicz}} [[Category:1868 births]] [[Category:1927 deaths]] [[Category:Politicians from London]] [[Category:Sinn Féin MPs]] [[Category:Fianna Fáil politicians]] [[Category:Sinn Féin members of Dáil Éireann]]