Early Rights & Limitations
Women in Ireland gained this right in the 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State, allowing them to vote alongside men.
What is the right to vote?
This women’s organisation was founded in 1914 to support the Irish independence movement.
What is Cumann na mBan?
These activists used peaceful methods like petitions and lobbying to win the vote.
Who are suffragists?
These institutions housed unmarried pregnant women and their children.
Mother and Baby Homes/Magdalene Laundries
This TV programme helped spark debate about controversial issues like contraception and marriage breakdown
What is The Late Late Show?
This practice forced women in the public service to resign when they got married.
What is the Marriage Bar?
Women helped the rebels during the 1916 uprising known as this event.
What is the Easter Rising?
These activists used militant tactics such as hunger strikes and breaking windows.
Who are suffragettes?
Mother and Baby Homes/Magdalene Launries were mainly run by this group in Ireland.
Who are Catholic religious orders?
This movement, founded in 1971, fought for gender equality in Ireland.
What is the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement?
This 1936 law allowed the government to limit how many women could work in certain industries.
What is the Conditions of Employment Act?
Many women helped rebels during the Easter Rising by carrying messages between bases.
What are messengers?
This organisation campaigned for votes for women using militant tactics like protests and property damage.
What is the Irish Women’s Franchise League?
Many children born in these institutions were often taken from their mothers and placed in this system.
What is adoption?
These activists protested contraception laws by travelling to Belfast and returning with contraceptives.
Who are members of the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement?
This 1974 law finally made it illegal to pay women less than men for the same job.
What is the Anti-Discrimination Act / Equal Pay law?
This woman acted as a messenger between rebel bases during the Rising.
Who is Elizabeth O’Farrell?
This activist founded the Irish Women’s Franchise League in 1908.
Who is Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington?
The final Magdalene Laundry in Ireland closed in this year.
What is 1996?
This law abolished the Marriage Bar in Ireland.
What is the 1973 abolition of the Marriage Bar?
Under this 1927 law, women were technically allowed on juries but had to apply to be included, effectively excluding them.
What is the Juries Act of 1927?
This revolutionary doctor was one of the women who took part in the Easter Rising.
Who is Dr Kathleen Lynn?
This newspaper edited by Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington supported women’s rights and suffrage.
What is The Irish Citizen?
The Irish government issued a formal apology to Magdalene Laundry survivors in this year.
What is 2013?
This woman became Ireland’s first female president in 1990, symbolising progress for women.
Who is Mary Robinson?