This is a letter from Countess Constance Markievicz (1868-1927) to Madeleine ffrench-Mullen (1880-1944). Markievicz was a militant republican, a labour activist, a suffragist and a politician. She was an executive member of the radical women's nationalist movement Inghinidhe na hÉireann, the nationalist Boy Scouts movement Na Fianna Éireann, the Irish Neutrality League, and the revolutionary socialist movement the Citizen Army. During Easter Week of 1916, Markievicz served as second-in-command of the St. Stephen's Green Citizen Army garrison. In 1918, she became the first woman to be elected to the British parliament, and in 1919, she became the second woman in Europe to serve as a cabinet minister. Madeleine ffrench-Mullen was a labour activist, a nationalist, and a life-long advocate on behalf of the poor. An early member of Inghinidhe na hÉireann, she was active in their campaign to provide school dinners for children. She served in the soup kitchen of Liberty Hall during the 1913 Lockout, served during Easter Week on the first aid staff of the Irish Citizen Army, and was afterwards interned in Kilmainham Gaol. In 1919, along with her lifelong friend Dr Kathleen Lynn (1874-1955), she co-founded Teach Ultain, the first hospital for young children in Ireland. In this letter, Markievicz thanks ffrench-Mullen for a recent present, tells her that Mrs Clarke is doing wonderfully despite her poor health, and sends her love to Kathleen and Emer. She sends her thanks for cigarettes sent by Emer, and assures ffrench-Mullen that she (Markievicz) is doing well, having gained some weight and benefited from her "enforced rest". Markievicz asserts that "right must triumph in the end", and sends her love to "you and yours and my soldier girls".