McCracken (l) and her niece Maria, miniature, 1801
Born
8 July 1770 (1770-07-08)
Belfast
Died
26 July 1866 (1866-07-27) (aged 96)
Belfast
Education
David Manson's school, Belfast
Occupation(s)
Social activist, abolitionist
Mary Ann McCracken (8 July 1770 – 26 July 1866) was a social activist and campaigner in Belfast, Ireland, whose extensive correspondence is cited as an important chronicle of her times. Born to a prominent liberal Presbyterian family, she combined entrepreneurship in Belfast's growing textile industry with support for the democratic programme of the United Irishmen; advocacy for women; the organising of relief and education for the poor; and, in a town that was heavily engaged in trans-Atlantic trade, a lifelong commitment to the abolition of slavery. On International Women's Day (8 March ) 2024, a statue of Mary Ann McCracken was unveiled in the grounds of Belfast City Hall.
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MaryAnnMcCracken (8 July 1770 – 26 July 1866) was a social activist and campaigner in Belfast, Ireland, whose extensive correspondence is cited as an...
founded the Whig paper Belfast News Letter. With his younger sister MaryAnnMcCracken, he attended David Manson's school in Donegall Street. Through peer...
"Betsy" Gray Jane Greg Mary Anne Holmes Cherry Crawford Hyndman Margaret King (Lady Mount Cashell) MaryAnnMcCracken Martha McTier Mary Moore Matilda Tone...
2024. "MaryAnnMcCracken and Winifred Carney statues to be erected at Belfast City Hall". BBC News. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2024. "MaryAnn McCracken...
On 8 March 2024, bronze statues of the anti-slavery campaigner, MaryAnnMcCracken, and the trade unionist, Winifred Carney, were unveiled at a ceremony...
support of MaryAnnMcCracken (who is known to have studied from Charles Vallency's Irish grammar), and her Gaeilgeoir friend, the poetess Mary Balfour of...
Anna Haslam Mary Hayden Kathleen Lynn Constance Markievicz Margaret McCoubrey MaryAnnMcCrackenMary MacSwiney Helena Molony Florence Moon Mary Donovan O'Sullivan...
Elizabeth McCracken (born September 16, 1966) is an American author. She is a recipient of the PEN New England Award. McCracken, a graduate of the Iowa...
British Newspapers Online. 29 July 2013. McNeill, Mary (1988) [1960]. The Life and Times of MaryAnnMcCracken, 1770–1866: A Belfast Panorama. Blackstaff...
in a grave paid for by his friend MaryAnnMcCracken, sister of leading Belfast United Irishman Henry Joy McCracken who had been hanged in 1798. In his...
and political confidant, Martha McTier; Francis, John, and MaryAnnMcCracken, brothers and sister to Henry Joy McCracken who in 1798 had led the rebels...
description from MaryAnnMcCracken of the County Down heroine at Ballynahinch riding a white pony and "carrying a stand of colours". McCracken, in turn, had...
Ingle-nook. Stirling, Kenney. pp. 295–296. McNeill, Mary (1960). The Life and Times of MaryAnnMcCracken, 1770–1866. Dublin: Allen Figgis & Co. pp. 36...
United Irishmen". The papers of her Belfast contemporaries, MaryAnnMcCracken and Martha McTier, record women taking the United Irish "test" or pledge...
been attended by a number of McTier’s friends and acquaintances including MaryAnnMcCracken. "My little girls", wrote McTier, "do not gabble over the...
November 2020. McNeill, Mary (1960). The Life and Times of MaryAnnMcCracken, 1770–1866. Dublin: Allen Figgis & Co. pp. 110–111. Martha McTier to William...
www.ricorso.net. Retrieved 10 September 2022. McNeill, Mary (1960). The Life and Times of MaryAnnMcCracken. Dublin: Alan Figgis & Co. p. 302. "NGA.ie -...
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