Women in History
Name one thing women can do today that they couldn't do in 1900
Vote / Go to University / Work even if married
What was the fight for women's rights known as?
Suffrage
What political movement were women excluded from at the start of the 20th century?
Home Rule Movement
Name one women who was involved in the suffrage movement in Ireland
Hanna Sheehy Skeffington
What were women who fought for women's rights called?
suffragettes
Name a woman who was involved in Ireland's fight for independence from Britain
Countess Markievicz
Why were windows of the GPO / Dublin Castle smashed in 1912?
To protest women not having the vote.
Name one tactic women used to fight for their rights
Parades
Attacks on Property
Hunger Strikes
Why did an Irish woman refuse her seat in Westminster?
As a protest against the British government's control over Ireland
What organisation did our Irish Woman of the Day set up?
Irish Women's Franchise League (IWFL)
What country were Irish women inspired by?
UK
What government in Ireland elected a female minister of labour?
Dáil Éireann
A woman smashed windows in 2018 to remember the determination of our Irish woman of the day. How was she related to her?
daughter / niece / granddaughter?
granddaughter