Madge Davison (13 June 1949 – 27 January 1991) was an Irish member of the National Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Ireland in the 1970s and was the first general secretary of the Connolly Youth Movement after it became an all-Ireland body in 1970.[1]
Madge Davison | |
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 Madge Davison in East Berlin in 1973. | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 June 1949 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 27 January 1991 (aged 41) Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Political party | Communist Party of Ireland |
| Spouse | John Hobbs |
| Children | 2 |
She came from a working-class Protestant background in the Shore Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland. She was a member of several organisations in Northern Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s, including the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, for which she worked as a full-time organiser.[2]
In the late 1980s, she decided to return to college to study law, but her plans were cut short by her death from cancer in 1991. She left a husband and two sons.[3] After her death, the Madge Davison prize at Queen's University, Belfast was established in her honour.[4]
References
edit- ^ LW. "Madge Davison". History. Communist Party of Ireland. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ^ Bourke, Angela (2002). The Field day anthology of Irish writing. New York: NYU Press. p. 381. ISBN 0-8147-9908-6.
- ^ Obituary (30 January 1991). "Madge Davison". The Irish Times. p. 2.
- ^ Queen's University (2010). "Medals". Academic and Student Affairs. Queen's University. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.