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Johanna Mary Sheehy-Skeffington (née Sheehy; 24 May 1877 – 20 April 1946) was a suffragette and Irish nationalist. Along with her husband Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, Margaret Cousins and James Cousins, she founded the Irish Women's Franchise League in 1908 with the aim of obtaining women's voting rights. [1]
Elizabeth O'Farrell (Irish: Éilís Ní Fhearghail; 5 November 1883 – 25 June 1957) [1] was an Irish nurse, republican and member of Cumann na mBan, best known for delivering the surrender in the Easter Rising of 1916.
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.
From separation in 1922, the Irish Free State gave equal voting rights to men and women. ["All citizens of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Éireann) without distinction of sex, who have reached the age of twenty-one years and who comply with the provisions of the prevailing electoral laws, shall have the right to vote for members of Dáil ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:20th-century Irish people. It includes Irish people that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. See also: Category:20th-century Irish men
Chicago History Museum - Getty Images Leslee Udwin This former filmmaker is a human rights campaigner whose films include India's Daughter , which centered around the rape and murder of Jyoti Singh.
This is a list of notable Irish people, who were born on the island of Ireland, in either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland, and have lived there for most of their lives. Also included on the list are people who were not born in Ireland, but have been raised as Irish, have lived there for most of their lives or in regards to the ...
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Irish This category exists only as a container for other categories of Irish women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.