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Interview with Mary Nelis by Melissa Thompson for the Slí na mBan project in 1999

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Transcript of an interview with Mary Nelis, Sinn Féin MLA for Foyle, by Melissa Thompson for the Slí na mBan project in 1999. Nelis discusses the influences of community, family and gender on her early career politicisation and discusses the potential impact of women on peace and politics in Northern Ireland. The Slí na mBan project documents the lives of female political and social activists on the island of Ireland.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 1999

Name of First Interviewee: Mary Nelis

Role at time of Interview: Sinn Féin MLA for Foyle

Interviewer: Melissa Thompson

Purpose: Research

Media: Transcript

Copyright: © Melissa Thompson

Link: Read the transcript

Programme/Book/Article: Slí na mBan

Time Period covered: 1968-2009

Key Individuals: Mary Nelis, John Hume, Bobby Sands, Joan Carson, Iris Robinson, Ian Paisley, Gerry Adams, Bernadette Devlin, Nina Hutchinson, Mary Ann McCracken, Ruth Taillon

Key Words: Sinn Féin, Assembly, Derry City Council, gender, religion, Oath of Allegiance, unemployment, education, health, Creggan, family, Housing Action Committee, Citizens' Action Committee, Relatives' Action Committee, Civil Rights movement, Special Powers Act, youth, Maze/Long Kesh prison, no wash protest, blanket protest, hunger-strike, publicity, Belfast Agreement, Good Friday Agreement, Women's Coalition, PUP, Belfast Féile

 

 

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