Vote 100
Conference hears of challenges faced by women in politics
Female TDs endure sexist remarks, comments on their dress and macho culture
Countess Markievicz: From privilege to revolution – A comic by Dearbhla Kelly
Constance Markievicz swapped privilege for a life of rebellion, revolution and politics
Twisty history: RTÉ is covering Election 1918 ‘as it happens’
It's the first time Edward Carson and Michael Collins will go head to head with Corrie
Rules of the game are still different for women politicians today
Vote 100: Family pressures, sexism and gender stereotyping still pose challenges
Why did only two women stand for election in 1918?
Vote 100: Confusion over whether women could stand for election resulted in just two female candidates in Ireland
Why are there so few surviving artefacts relating to women’s suffrage?
Irish women’s history is often underrepresented in our museums
Encouraging women to participate in politics from the ground up
As we remember the milestones of 1918, let us redouble our efforts towards more inclusive electoral and political participation
Was 1918 a false dawn for Irish women?
Women’s rights were marginalised in Free State, with implications to present day
Constance Markievicz, the divisive revolutionary heroine
Markievicz devoted herself to fighting for Irish freedom, women’s rights and the poor
Ivana Bacik: We need to hold true to the feminist ideals of the suffragists
Vote 100: Much has improved for women in Ireland in a century, but there is also much still to do
Blazing a trail: The 19 female ministers since 1918
After Constance Markievicz, Ireland had no woman at cabinet for 60 years. In the past century, there have been just 19 female ministers - and two female presidents
Louisa Todhunter: Votes-for-women activist who signed her name into the history books
Vote 100: A signatory of the 1866 suffrage petition that kickstarted a movement
Vote 100: Events to mark the centenary of the vote for women in Ireland
The ending of the ban on women voting and standing for election is being celebrated across the country
Helena Molony: A persistent fighter for working women
Vote 100: The life-long trade unionist advocated for improved conditions and representation for women
Hanna Sheehy Skeffington: Sinn Féin politician who embraced militant activism
Vote 100: She and her husband took each other’s surnames as a show of equality
Kathleen Lynn: Pioneering doctor, socialist and public-health campaigner
Vote 100: Founder of St Ultan’s children’s hospital looked for political and pragmatic solutions to deprivation
Louie Bennett: Pacifist, feminist and trade unionist
Vote 100: The suffragette activist campaigned throughout her life for equality and peace
Charlotte Despard: Novelist, philanthropist, friend of Soviet Russia, and lord lieutenant’s sister
Vote 100: Women’s Freedom League president steered path of ‘constitutional militancy’
Sarah Persse: Pioneering woman candidate withdrew from politics before polling day
Vote 100: Galway supporter of education and nursing left Ireland after father’s death
Jennie Wyse Power: The first president of Cumann na mBan
Vote 100: A leading voice for women and family in the suffragette and nationalist movements
Anna Haslam: Social reformer and social-purity campaigner
Vote 100: Activist and organiser attributed her belief in equality to her Quaker upbringing
Louise Gavan Duffy: Nationalist, Gaelic revivalist, Cumann na mBan founder member
Vote 100: Nice-born teacher who was at GPO during 1916 Easter Rising also founded Scoil Bhríde on St Stephen’s Green
Helen Sophia Chenevix: Trade unionist, suffragist and social campaigner
Vote 100: Irish Women Workers’ Union executive also campaigned for nuclear disarmament
Mary MacSwiney: The Free State’s ‘gorgon republican’
Vote 100: Progressive teacher and fervent separatist became one of the leading women in Irish politics
How Irish women won the right to vote in 1918
After decades of campaigning by the suffragettes, a 1918 Act gave a limited cohort of women the right to vote in parliamentary elections
Cissie Cahalan: A tenacious public speaker for the vote and workers’ rights
Vote 100: The Dubliner was among a small cohort of working-class suffragettes
Florence Moon: Bringing the suffragette movement to Connacht
Vote 100: An advocate for women’s voices in politics, and fair working conditions
Constance Markievicz: An infamous advocate for women and workers
Vote 100: Countess was an unrelenting suffragette and first woman member of parliament at Westminster
Eva Gore-Booth: Poet, mystic, trade unionist and suffragist
Vote 100: The Lissadell sister helped pit-brow workers, women acrobats, barmaids and Oxford Circus flower sellers, among others
Why have there been so few women elected in Ireland since 1918?
Of the 4,575 Dáil seats available over 30 elections since 1922, women held just 274 of them
Irish women continue to fight, 100 years after 1918
Vote 100: A century on from 1918, the Eighth Amendment referendum was most momentous vote for Irish women
Fintan O’Toole: The 1918 election was an amazing moment for Ireland
In an act of peaceful secession, Irish people chose to be citizens, not subjects
‘No evidence’ women were key in Sinn Féin’s 1918 election win
Up to 70% of women eligible to vote in 1918 did not use franchise, research suggests
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