Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington
(1877-1946)
woman, feminist, and Suffragette
Died aged 68
Wikidata WikipediaJohanna 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. 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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Commemorated on 2 plaques
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington 1877-1946 Outstanding Feminist, Socialist, Nationalist Taught here
DIT Rathmines Road, Dublin, Ireland where they taught
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington Sufraigeid a rinne smidirini de na fuinneoga seo 13 Meitheamh 1912. Suffragette smashed these windows 13th June 1912
English translation: Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, Suffragette, smashed these windows 13th June 1912
Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland where they smashed windows (1912)