Women’s work
Women often wielded authority at home 100 years ago, but as public figures in professions such as teaching and nursing they were becoming much more common.
Century: Women and the vote
How the other half lived - life for poor women in Dublin in 1911
In Dublin city in 1911, 26,000 families lived in tenements, 20,000 of them in single rooms
Read all about it: writing wrongs
Read all about it: Research on Irish feminism often concentrates on the pursuit of votes, but there were other issues and many debates within the movement which can be better understood by reading its ‘Irish Citizen’ newspaper.
Feminism now
More to play for:Many women are unwilling to call themselves feminists but would be appalled to give up the rights won by their predecessors.
Denial of citizenship
Anti-women legislation: The Irish Free State said it would ensure equality for women, but it turned out to be a false promise.
Opponents of the cause
Anti-suffrage movement: Educated women were among those arguing that female suffrage would damage society.
The long road to equality
Their struggle is our struggle: Women’s empowerment will progress only through their involvement in political processes and in shaping constitutions that guarantee the equal rights of all citizens.
Tooth and Claw
Prison hunger strikes: Some Irish suffragists moved to militancy a little after their English counterparts, but when they d, the stones flew.
When women won the vote
From New Zealand to Saudi Arabia: The representation of People Act, 1918, that granted votes to certain Irish and English women…
Separate but equal
UK links and tensions: Although influenced by what was going in Britain, suffragists in Ireland went their own way
A new battlefield
Women and war: The issue of pacifism split the Irish feminist movement during a crucial period in its history
Standing up for women in politics
Anna Haslam, with help from the writings of her husband, Thomas, was a pioneer in persuading women of all political hues to stand for election .
A role in Home Rule
The fight for a free state: In 1914, as the Home Rule crisis deepened, northern militancy escalated in protest against Edward Carson’s statement that women would not be given the vote in a secessionist Ulster.
Passion on both sides
“Women, in whatever country ye breathe – wherever ye breathe, degraded, awake! Awake to the contemplation of the happiness that…
Suffrage and socialism: links with Labour
Suffrage and socialism : Suffrage and trade union aims didn’t always tally – some trade unionists supported higher wages for men, for example – but they found common cause fighting against injustice and for equality
A history of her story
The big picture: The Irish women’s movement was created by unionists and nationalists, Home Rulers and republicans, liberals and socialists, Protestants, Catholics and women of no religion. They deserve a place in the history books.
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