fit with her character". She questioned the evidence that the spy was female and noted: "Up until the day she died she had photographs of Liam Mellows, Liam Brady and Rory O'Connor on her bedside and she revered them. It doesn't follow that such a person could have put those people's lives at risk." Historian Peter Hart said Foy's theory "does seem to fit the facts as presented", but noted that "all the other facts we know about thoroughly republican Molly suggest that it simply cannot have been true, and there are other good reasons to be cautious". Hart noted that the inaccuracy of some of the intelligence suggested a source trying to tell British "hardliners just what they wanted to hear". See also List of peace activists References Bibliography 1887 births 1964 deaths Writers from Boston Irish-American history People of the Irish Civil War Burials at Glasnevin Cemetery Irish nationalists Irish republicans Mary Alden Irish writers American women in World War I Women in war in Ireland Women in warfare post-1945 Women's International League for Peace and Freedom people People from Beacon Hill, Boston