In the last twenty years, the involvement of women's organizations in the campaign for Irish independence has featured prominently in publications and public discourse. But this article asks, did women serve the cause for independence in other ways? This article focuses on the careers of Irish women who worked for the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs in the period 1919–22, pressing Ireland's case for autonomy from British rule. The work of these early women abroad has been largely ignored by historians who have concentrated on the diplomatic activities of men in this period. This article first argues that these women who worked towards achieving independence for Ireland through the use of diplomacy and propaganda merit attention, but secondly they can be considered providing further insights into how women's work for the cause of Irish freedom did not warrant them a place in the diplomatic service in the new Irish Free State.

在过去的二十年里，妇女组织参与爱尔兰独立运动在出版物和公共话语中占有突出地位。但这篇文章问，女性是否以其他方式为独立事业服务？本文重点介绍 1919-22 年期间在爱尔兰外交部工作的爱尔兰妇女的职业生涯，以推动爱尔兰摆脱英国统治的自治。这些早期女性在国外的工作在很大程度上被专注于这一时期男性外交活动的历史学家所忽视。本文首先认为，这些通过外交和宣传为爱尔兰争取独立的女性值得关注，但其次，可以考虑进一步了解女性如何独立