Although the worlds of native America and the Celtic lands seem radically different, they share many characteristics and themes, particularly two notable women in the throws of two revolutions against Great Britain. Molly Brant was a remarkable indigenous woman who transcended traditional women's roles to become not only a clan mother for the Iroquois, but also a loyalist leader. Countess Markievicz was an aristocrat who joined the Irish independence movement and left her mark in the political sphere as a prominent figure in Irish history. These two women demanded attention in the political sphere where women were not normally tolerated and were recognized by the men and women around them, but they used their power in different ways and allowed it to affect differently their personal lives.Molly Brant________________________________________________________________Molly Brant was born in 1736. on a village near the Mohawk River in eastern New York. Her parents Peter and Margaret, having converted to Christianity, baptized her Mary Degonwodonti. Shortly after the birth of her little brother Joseph, Peter died and Margaret remarried Canagaraduncka Brant, a man of Mohawk and Dutch descent and Molly gained a half-brother Nikaus Brant. It was here that Molly Brant assimilated somewhat into white culture by living in a European-style house and wearing cloth clothing instead of the traditional buckskin mohawk. She was exposed to British settlers and the English language which she learned to write during her childhood. Nikaus Brant introduced him to his life partner, friend William Johnson. Johnson was an Irishman who strove to become a successful trader by learning the Mohawk language and treating them fairly...... middle of paper ...... d ed. New York: Routledge, 2001. Carson, James T. “Molly Brant: From Clan Mother to Loyalist Leader.” In Tamis: The Lives of Native American Women, Theda Perdue, 48-59. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Inc, 2001. Eichacker, Joanne M. Irish Republican Women in America: Lecture Tours 1916-1925. Portland: Irish Academic Press, 2003. Feister, Lois M. and Bonnie Pulis. “Molly Brant: Her Domestic and Political Roles in Eighteenth-Century New York.” In Lives of the Northeast Indians, 1632-1816, Robert S. Grumet, 295-320. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1996. Marreco, Anne. The Rebel Countess, The Life and Times of Constance. New York: Chilton Book Company, 1967.Sonneborn, Liz. A to Z of Native American Women. New York: Facts on File, 1998. Van Voris, Jacqueline. Constance of Markievicz. First edition. declares the ed. New York: Feminist Press, 1972.