In 1972, Hibernia cited a female street leader in Belfast who spoke of 'living women's liberation - not talking about it like the middle-class sisters in America: not burning bras but rattling bin lids.' It noted that, due to their increasing prominence on the streets, these women would be seen more and more as a political threat. Irish Women and Street Politics presents a probing history of radicalism in both parts of Ireland from 1956-1973 by charting the interaction between feminism and republicanism, civil rights advocacy, housing activism, and left-wing politics. It brings together for the first time a comprehensive analysis of women's roles within the wider spectrum of Irish radicalism throughout Ireland, Britain, and the US, and it draws on a broad range of source material to do so. Media analysis and original interviews with key activists - such as Mary Kenny, Mary Maher, Edwina Stewart, and Mairin de Burca - augment comprehensive archival research from Britain, Northern Irelan