Irish Women's Franchise League
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By 15 August 1914: Irish suffrage organisations established...
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By 15 August 1914
Irish suffrage organisations established an emergency council to organize war-relief work while continuing to promote the cause of women's suffrage; the Irish Women's Franchise League
refused to participate.
1917: Cumann na mBan sent Hanna Sheehy Skeffington...
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1917
Cumann na mBan
sent Hanna Sheehy Skeffington
to the USA to present President Wilson
with a Cuman na mBan memorial.
April 1917: The Irish Women's Franchise League was denied...
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April 1917
The Irish Women's Franchise League
was denied representation at the Sinn Féin
All-Ireland conference because it refused to attend as a nationalist organisation.
6 February 1918: The Representation of the People (or Reform)...
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6 February 1918
The Representation of the People (or Reform) Act extended the franchise, in Britain and Ireland, to women aged thirty and over if they were ratepayers (that is, house-owners) or wives of ratepayers: for the...
23 April 1918: The Irish Trades Union Congress organized...
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23 April 1918
The Irish Trades Union Congress
organized a one-day strike against conscription; women involved protested the Conscription Act and pledged not to take jobs vacated by men who had been forced into military service.
August 1918: Irish suffragist groups campaigned against...
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August 1918
Irish suffragist groups campaigned against Regulation 40.D of the Defence of the Realm Act (40.D DORA), under which any woman accused by a soldier of having venereal disease could be detained and medically examined.
December 1918: The Irish Women's Franchise League campaigned...
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December 1918
The Irish Women's Franchise League
campaigned for Winnifred Carney
and Constance Markievicz
, the only women Sinn Féin
candidates in this month's general election.
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