100 Years of Women's Suffrage

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

Plaque of Hanna Sheehy Skeffington erected in Dublin Castle. Came across the pic on Facebook a few minutes ago.

Well Lord knows she had a lot to smash windas about.....

[Suzieq]

Well Lord knows she had a lot to smash windas about.....

She sure did and her granddaughter re enacted it yesterday.

[cogito]

I think I'd have liked her, sounds very feisty.

Sounds like a total looper...

With attitudes like that, it's no wonder it took women so long to get the vote!
Okay, some of these women may have been a bit over-zealous, but they were pioneers in their way of thinking and should be applauded for that, imo.

Some of them should be, I agree... and some were loopers.

Will follow up on your suffragettes thread.

[KatieMorag]

Some of them should be, I agree... and some were loopers.

Will follow up on your suffragettes thread.

okay, though I can't see how you'd be able to make that distinction.......

[cogito]

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[KatieMorag]

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is that code for sonething?

[cogito]

is that code for sonething?

In internet parlance it's what's described as a 'bump'... getting a post to the top of the queue.

[KatieMorag]

In internet parlance it's what's described as a 'bump'... getting a post to the top of the queue.

don't get that, surely it'd go to the top of the queue anyway once you've posted on it........if that makes sense?

[cogito]

I think in an Irish context it gets a bit complicated historically... at the turn of the century Ireland was part of Victorian Britain and the same progressive moves towards full emancipation for women were at work here - just as on the 'mainland'. But that period also coincided with the Gaelic revival and the resurgence of Irish nationalism. Which in turn lead to a certain amount of crossover between the two movements among women who were politically active.

[KatieMorag]

I think in an Irish context it gets a bit complicated historically... at the turn of the century Ireland was part of Victorian Britain and the same progressive moves towards full emancipation for women were at work here - just as on the 'mainland'. But that period also coincided with the Gaelic revival and the resurgence of Irish nationalism. Which in turn lead to a certain amount of crossover between the two movements among women who were politically active.

True, but I don't see why if you're involved in lots of different causes that makes you a "looper." You might just feel strongly about a lot of issues. True there were loopers, Maud Gonne was definitely one, she used to travel around with a whole load of birds or something.

[cogito]

True, but I don't see why if you're involved in lots of different causes that makes you a "looper." You might just feel strongly about a lot of issues. True there were loopers, Maud Gonne was definitely one, she used to travel around with a whole load of birds or something.

Laziness on my part perhaps, she just seemed to fit the bill along with Maud Gonne and those other fin de siecle ex-debutantes who seemed to dabble in a bit of this and that - suffragism, gaelic revival, nationalism and eventually - revolutionary politics.

In an Irish context the unsung heroines in my opinion are those who concentrated on female education with a view to empower women to break away from domesticity in a very patriarchal society - those who established Alexandria College in Milltown for example, to prepare girls for entry into the male dominated universities - and similarly those nuns in the catholic religious orders who strove to ensure that third level education was not reserved for those of a minority ethos.

[KatieMorag]

Yes, that makes sense: The reason I took issue with the "looper" post was that it seemed to me to be stereotyping "militant" women, bit like thinking of present-day feminists as dungaree-wearing man-haters.
Good point on the educationalists. Education has always been the most effective method of bringing about change and is the most powerful tool we have.

[cogito]

Suffragette Meg Connery giving Sir Edward Carson a hard time in 1912.

He don't look too impressed...

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[KatieMorag]

Bonar Law looks quite amused though

[cogito]

jaze...it is him, is it ?