Mary Hayden

Mary Teresa Hayden (1862–1942) was an Irish historian, Irish language activist and campaigner for women's causes.

Mary Hayden was educated initially at the Dominican College, Eccles Street and then at Alexandra College in Dublin. She attended the Royal University of Ireland where she graduated with a BA(1885) and an MA(1887) in Modern Languages.^[1]

A campaigner for gender equality and noted as a public speaker she was a prominent member of the Irish Women's Suffrage and Local Government Association. She was a member of the Gaelic League and friends with Padraig Pearse. In 1911 she was elected to the senate of the National University of Ireland and appointed Professor of History at University College Dublin in 1915 until her death, she was succeeded by Robert Dudley Edwards as chair of Modern Irish History.^[2]

Publications

• A Short History of the Irish People by Mary Hayden and George Moonan(1921)
• Diaries of Mary Hayden 1878-1903 edited by Conan Kennedy (National Library of Ireland/Morrigan, 2008)
• The Mysterious Mary H. : A Selection of Writings by Mary Hayden (1862-1942) (Morrigan Books, 2008).

References

1. ^ Mary Hayden (1862-1942)
2. ^ Ten Dublin women by Medb Ruane, Dublin, 1991.

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Name	Hayden, Mary
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Date of birth	1862
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Date of death	1942
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