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Women in 20th C. Ireland - Coggle Diagram
Women in
20th C. Ireland
Independent Ireland
Politics
1922 Constitution
Women over 21 get vote
Very few women in politics
Divorce / Contraception ban
No women on juries
Woman's role "within the home"
Employment
1932 Marriage Bar
1936 Conditions of Employment Act
Women 1st to lose jobs
Only 2.5% of married women work
Institutional Abuse
Mother and Baby Homes
Magdalene Laundries
Early 20th Century
Getting the Vote
IWFL
Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington
Tactics
Strikes
Suffrage
Education
1908 - all unis opened to women
10% of uni students are women
Only wealthy / middle class
Employment
expected to be mothers
Most M-C women do not work
Poorer women often work
Independence Movement
Cumann na mBan
Easter Rising
Skinnider / Markiewicz
Contributions of women often ignored
Moves Towards Equality
1960s: Gradual
Expanded economy
25% of women in jobs
New Career possibilities
RTE
Late Late Show
Feminist Movement
IWLM
Contraceptive Train
Nell McCafferty
1970s
1972 Comm on Status of Women
European Community 1973
Anti Discrimination Act 1974
Employment Equality Act 1977
Contraception ban abolished 1993
Divorce 1996
End of the Century