Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington
Teacher, Deceased Person
1877 – 1946
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Who was Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington?
Johanna Mary Sheehy-Skeffington, was a suffragette and Irish nationalist. Along with her husband and 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.
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- Born
- May 24, 1877
Kanturk - Also known as
- Johanna Mary Sheehy-Skeffington
- Johanna Mary Sheehy
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
(1903/06 - 1916/04/26)
- Francis Sheehy-Skeffington
- Children
- Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- Republic of Ireland
- Profession
- Lived in
- County Cork
- Died
- Apr 20, 1946
- Resting place
- Glasnevin Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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