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Louie Bennett
Irish suffragist · Ireland · On the map · Journalists · Lived 1870 to 1956 · aged 86
Louie Bennett was an Irish suffragette, trade unionist, journalist and writer. Born and raised in Dublin, she established the Irish Women's Suffrage Federation in 1911. She was a joint editor and contributor to the Irish Citizen newspaper.
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She wrote two books, The Proving of Priscilla (1902) and A Prisoner of His Word (1908), and continued to contribute to newspapers as a freelance journalist. She played a significant role in the Irish Women Workers' Union, and was the first woman president of the Irish Trade Union Congress.
