Margaret Cousins

Standard Name: Cousins, Margaret

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politics Sarojini Naidu
The deputation was sponsored by Irish-English suffragist Margaret Cousins. The Indian women's movement gained momentum after Annie Besant was interned by the Governor of Madras in June 1917. After her release in September, women...

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11 November 1908: Hanna Sheehy Skeffington and Margaret Cousins...

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11 November 1908

Hanna Sheehy Skeffington and Margaret Cousins formed the Irish Women's Franchise League, a militant, non-partisan organisation which wanted women's suffrage included in the Home Rule Bill.
Luddy, Maria, editor. Women in Ireland, 1800-1918: A Documentary History. Cork University Press, 1995.
273
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
42
Moody, Theodore William et al., editors. A New History of Ireland. Clarendon, 1976–2025, 10 vols.
8: 381
Luddy, Maria, editor. Women in Ireland, 1800-1918: A Documentary History. Cork University Press, 1995.
273
Ward, Margaret. “’Suffrage First--Above All Else!’ An Account of the Irish Suffrage Movement”. Feminist Review, Vol.
10
, 1982, pp. 21-36.
24

25 May 1912: The Irish Citizen, a suffrage newspaper jointly...

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25 May 1912

The Irish Citizen, a suffrage newspaper jointly edited by Francis Sheehy Skeffington and James Cousins, began weekly publication in London.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
33
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
46

13 June 1912: Eight Irish Women's Franchise League members,...

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13 June 1912

Eight Irish Women's Franchise League members, including Hanna Sheehy Skeffington and Margaret Cousins, were arrested for smashing windows in the General Post Office, Customs House, and Dublin Castle.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
53, 55, 64
MacCurtain, Margaret. “Women, the Vote and Revolution”. Women in Irish Society: The Historical Dimension, edited by Margaret MacCurtain and Donncha Ó Corráin, Greenwood, 1979, pp. 46-57.
50
Ward, Margaret. “’Suffrage First--Above All Else!’ An Account of the Irish Suffrage Movement”. Feminist Review, Vol.
10
, 1982, pp. 21-36.
28

February 1913: Four women prisoners—Margaret Cousins, Margaret...

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February 1913

Four women prisoners—Margaret Cousins, Margaret Connery, Barbara Hoskins, and Mabel Purves —went on a hunger strike for six days at Tullamore Prison to demand political prisoner status.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
101

July 1920: The Irish Citizen ended publication after...

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July 1920

The Irish Citizen ended publication after a British soldier wrecked the press.
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
129
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
33

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