Women in 20th Century Ireland Flashcards
1
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Irish Women’s Franchise league
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◍ Organisation set up for Women’s suffrage
◍ 1908
2
Q
Countess Markieviez
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◍ First Woman elected to parliament in 1918
3
Q
Marriage Bar
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◍ Female Civil servants lost their jobs when married
4
Q
Commision For the Status of Women
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◍ Encourage gov. to eliminate all aspects of inequality
◍ Government set up in 1970
5
Q
Irish Women’s liberation movement
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◍ Took train to Belfast to buy contraceptives
◍ Contraceptives were illegal down South
◍ 1971
6
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MAry Robinson
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◍ First Female President of Ireland
7
Q
Divorce Referendum
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◍ Law stating the removal if the prohibtion on divorce
◍ Proposal was rejected on 26 June 1986
