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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]
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 ...
Cullen married and had children in the 1960s which was when Cullen discovered second wave feminism and became a notable part of the Irish women's movement. She ensured women's history became accessible to the public. She has been influential in promoting feminism and women's history to more than three decades of students.
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.
Anna and Thomas Haslam memorial seat in St Stephen's Green, Dublin.. Anna Haslam is best remembered today for her work for votes for women. She was a pioneer in every 19th century Irish feminist campaign and she fought for votes for women from the year 1866.
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]
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington (1877–1946) – founder-member of the Irish Women's Franchise League; Margaret Skinnider (1892–1971) – Scottish-born Irish revolutionary, feminist, suffragist; Isabella Tod (1836–1896) – Scottish-born Irish unionist, helped secure women the municipal vote in Belfast.
Louie Bennett (7 January 1870 – 25 November 1956) [1] was an Irish suffragette, trade unionist, journalist and writer.Born and raised in Dublin, she established the Irish Women's Suffrage Federation in 1911.