Women and the 1918 Election
In 1867 the all-male House of Commons at Westminster rejected John Stuart Mill’s amendment to 1867 Franchise Reform Act to...
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Read moreANALYSIS: Lá na mBan, 9 June 1918
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Dublin, 1 June 1918 - A nationwide anti-conscription demonstration by women has been scheduled for 9 June, the Feast of the St Columcille. ...
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The House of Lords in London has rejected the Women's Enfranchisement Bill by a majority of 44 (104 to 60). The bill...
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Dublin, 28 November 1913 - The suffragist campaigner, Hanna Sheehy Skeffington has today been imprisoned on a charge of striking a policeman...
Read moreThe international story of the women’s suffrage movement
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