Johanna Mary Sheehy-Skeffington 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.
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Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington in 1916
Linda Kearns, Sheehy-Skeffington and Kathleen Boland in Los Angeles in 1923 during their American tour
Hanna together with her husband Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
Bronze statue of Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington in Kanturk, Ireland.
Plaque commemorating Hanna Sheehy Skiffington window smashingIn their orbit 2
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Johanna Mary Sheehy-Skeffington 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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