A compelling and inspiring book which powerfully illuminates three decades of key social change for Irish women. From the voices and experiences of seven women - through interviews incisively and elegantly relayed by Íde B. O'Carroll - emerge keen insights into the significance of education and caregiving, the continuing force of violence against women, and the endurance of hope, creativity and activism. --Margaret Kelleher "Professor of Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama, University College Dublin"

Íde B. O'Carroll considers transformations in the lives of Irish women interviewed in the early 1990s and again in 2023. The book beautifully captures both progress and continued challenges, effectively placing each woman's story in its cultural, political and economic context, and offers an important and needed lens into a changing society. --Joya Misra "Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Massachusetts-Amherst"

Íde B. O'Carroll provides us with fascinating insights into the extraordinary changes which have occurred for women in Ireland in the last thirty years. The diverse women featured had to struggle to find their place in a changing society. By documenting, in their own words, the journeys they took and the challenges they faced, O'Carroll's book will take its place among Ireland's most impactful feminist publications. --Mary McAuliffe "Historian, Director, Gender Studies Programme, University College Dublin."