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Political scientists Yvonne Galligan and Fiona Buckley note that women have been grossly under-represented in Irish politics, [4] with men making up 91% of all cabinet appointments between 1919 and June 2017. [4] They also found that women in the Irish cabinet are twice as likely to hold a social portfolio (48%) than an economic portfolio (24% ...
The pioneer of the women's movement on Ireland was Anna Haslam, who in 1876 founded the pioneering Dublin Women's Suffrage Association (DSWA), which campaigned for a greater role for women in local government and public affairs, aside from being the first women's suffrage society (after the Irish Women's Suffrage Society by Isabella Tod in 1872 ...
The Dublin Women's Suffrage Association (DSWA), later the Irish Women's Suffrage and Local Government Association (IWSLGA), was a women's suffrage organisation based in Dublin from 1876 to 1919, latterly also campaigning for a greater role for women in local government and public affairs.
Members of the Irish Women's Citizens Association were usually urban, middle class women who were educated. [3] Many of them were feminists who had been involved in the suffrage movement as members of the Irish Women's Suffrage and Local Government Association that stayed involved with activism after suffrage was achieved. [4]
A Minister of State in Ireland (also called a junior minister) is of non-cabinet rank attached to one or more Departments of State of the Government of Ireland and assists a Minister of that government. As of 2025, 34 women have served as Ministers of State in Ireland. Six of the twenty Ministers of State appointed by the government of Leo ...
In 1950, she served by special assignment on a case in the California Supreme Court, becoming the first woman to sit on that court. [33] Florence E. Allen (1884 – 1966) was an American judge who was the first woman to serve on a state supreme court and one of the first two women to serve as a United States federal judge.
The Irish Women's Liberation Movement held their meetings in Gaj's restaurant on Baggot Street every Monday. Gaj's restaurant was owned by Margaret Gaj who was a feminist socialist activist. [6] [7] It was initially started with twelve women, most of whom were journalists. [8] One of the co-founders was June Levine. [citation needed]
Pages in category "History of women in Ireland" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. H. Hillcourt;