Women written out of Irish history

I AM a fifth-year student taking history as one of my subjects for the Leaving Cert. Recently I chose to research as my special topic the women of the 1916 Rising.

I was disgusted to find very few books on the subject. I feel that historians have failed to acknowledge the part women played in one of the most significant events in our history.

The book I am currently studying sums up the contribution of Cumann na mBan in two pages.