Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington
Irish suffragette and politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Johanna Mary Sheehy-Skeffington (née Sheehy; 24 May 1877 – 20 April 1946) was a suffragette and Irish nationalist. Along with her husband Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, Margaret Cousins and James Cousins, she founded the Irish Women's Franchise League in 1908 with the aim of obtaining women's voting rights.[1] She was later a founding member of the Irish Women Workers' Union. Her son Owen Sheehy-Skeffington became a politician and Irish senator.
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Hanna Sheehy
Skeffington | |
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Born | Johanna Mary Sheehy (1877-05-24)24 May 1877 Kanturk, County Cork, Ireland |
Died | 20 April 1946(1946-04-20) (aged 68) Dublin, Ireland |
Nationality | Irish |
Occupation(s) | Teacher, Activist, Politician, Author, Editor |
Known for | Suffragette and other activism |
Spouse | Francis Sheehy-Skeffington |
Children | Owen Sheehy-Skeffington |
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