Hanna Sheehy Skeffington

Standard Name: Sheehy Skeffington, Hanna

Connections

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Friends, Associates Katharine Tynan
At Clarebeg they began holding a literary salon for Irish writers and intellectuals. Their guests included Irish writer Padraic Colum , his wife Mary Gunning Maguire (later an eminent literary critic), poet and novelist James Stephens
Friends, Associates Maud Gonne
In her later years MG confirmed her friendships with a number of politically-involved women such as Charlotte Despard (with whom she shared a house for more than a decade), Constance Markiewicz , and Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington
Friends, Associates Ethel Mannin
EM 's relationship with Emma Goldman (whom she met during the 1930s and corresponded with for years) was important to both women, but difficult and often strained. Mannin dedicated Women and the Revolution (1938) to...
politics Maud Gonne
In the long, agonising, and ultimately successful struggle for independence MG was again strenuously active in Ireland. She supported political prisoners and those condemned to execution, and worked with Charlotte Despard for the Irish White Cross
politics Constance Countess Markievicz
Constance, Countess Markievicz, joined the Irish Women's Franchise League (IWFL ), founded in 1908 by her feminist, nationalist colleague, Hanna Sheehy Skeffington .
Haverty, Anne. Constance Markievicz: An Independent Life. Pandora, 1988.
79, 104
politics Constance Countess Markievicz
It was among her own boys' group that CCM first began to go by the title of Madame rather than Countess. Anne Haverty explains: In eschewing the Mrs of English usage, certain women showed...
Publishing Maud Gonne
MG occasionally contributed to the Workers' Republic (1898-1916), founded by James Connolly , with whom she wrote and distributed a pamphlet entitled The Rights of Life and the Rights of Property, 1897. She also...
Travel Charlotte Despard
CD and Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington went to Russia with a delegation from the Friends of Soviet Russia , and visited Moscow and Leningrad.
Linklater, Andro. An Unhusbanded Life. Hutchinson, 1980.
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Timeline

1901: The Women's Graduate Association was founded...

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1901

The Women's Graduate Association was founded in Ireland by Hanna Sheehy Skeffington .
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
445

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, 1976–2024, 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

April 1912: John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary...

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April 1912

John Redmond , leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party , told Irish Women's Franchise League members that he would not promote women's suffrage as it would give the clergy more power.
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.
49
Owens, Rosemary Cullen. Smashing Times: A History of the Irish Women’s Suffrage Movement 1889-1922. Attic, 1984.
50

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

26 April 1916: Pacifist writer (and Republican sympathiser)...

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26 April 1916

Pacifist writer (and Republican sympathiser) Francis Sheehy Skeffington was executed with two others in Dublin by order of a British army captain, J. C. Bowen-Colthurst .
Glendinning, Victoria. Elizabeth Bowen. Alfred A. Knopf, 1978.
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John Bowen-Colthurst was a cousin of Elizabeth Bowen

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.
McKillen, Beth. “Irish Feminism and Nationalist Separatism, 1914-23”. Éire-Ireland, Vol.
17
, No. 3, 4, 1982, pp. 52 - 67, 72.
64
Luddy, Maria, editor. Women in Ireland, 1800-1918: A Documentary History. Cork University Press, 1995.
243

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

September 1920: The Irish Citizen, launched in May 1912,...

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September 1920

The Irish Citizen, launched in May 1912, published its final issue.
McKillen, Beth. “Irish Feminism and Nationalist Separatism, 1914-23”. Éire-Ireland, Vol.
17
, No. 3, 4, 1982, pp. 52 - 67, 72.
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