Title
Luddy, Maria
Description
Bibliographic Dictionary Entry
Date
1958
Creator
O'Toole, Tina
Source
Munster Women Writers Project, University College Cork
Publisher
Women in Irish Society Project, University College Cork
Rights
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Coverage
Munster, Ireland, 1800-2000
Format
Text
Language
en
Type
Text
Subject
Luddy, Maria
Contributor
O'Toole, Tina
Birth Date
1958
Birthplace
Clonmel, Co Tipperary
Place of Association
Clonmel, Co Tipperary
Co Limerick
Tipperary Town, Co Tipperary
Biographical Text
Maria Luddy was born in 1958 and spent her childhood in Ballycullane, Co. Wexford, Westport Co. Mayo and Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. She was educated in the Presentation convent, Clonmel and at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick. She worked for a number of years as a primary school teacher in Dungarvan and Tipperary Town. She was awarded an MA in history in 1985 and a PhD in 1989 from UCC. <br><br>With Mary Cullen she established the Feminist History Forum in Dublin in 1987 which provided a space where historians of women could discuss their work. She was also a founder member of the Women's History Association of Ireland (1989) (formerly Irish Association for Research in Women's History). <br><br>She has taught at Warwick University in Coventry, England since 1991 and is a Reader in the Department of History there. From 1997 to 2001 she was director of the Women's History Project which was based in Dublin and funded by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands (see www.nationalarchives.ie/wh). Her research interests include 19th and 20th century Irish history, with a specific focus on Irish women's history. She is particularly interested in "outcast" women, prostitutes, vagrants, unmarried mothers and those destitute women who used the workhouse.
Writing Genre
Academic Writing
History
Social History