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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