Becoming Citizens in Ireland: Negotiating Women’s Suffrage and National Politics

Caitriona Beaumont, Myrtle Hill, Leeann Lane, Louise Ryan

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Abstract

This chapter explores the tensions between feminism and nationalism on the island of Ireland from the suffrage movement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century to the 1930s when women in the Irish Free State had to campaign to secure their rights as equal citizens.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSuffrage, Gender and Citizenship
Subtitle of host publicationInternational Perspectives on Parliamentary Reforms
EditorsIrma Sulkunen, Seija-Leena Nevala-Nurmi, Pirjo Markkola
PublisherCambridge Scholars Publishing
Chapter16
Pages323-338
ISBN (Print)978-1-4438-0162-1
Publication statusPublished - 27 Jan 2009

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