
Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington
1877–1946
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- activist
Johanna Mary Sheehy-Skeffington (née Sheehy; 24 May 1877 â 20 April 1946) was a suffragette and Irish nationalist.
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Mountjoy PrisonDates unknown
- HM Prison HollowayDates unknown
Biography
Johanna Mary Sheehy-Skeffington (née Sheehy; 24 May 1877 â 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.
Related people
Same nationality and era where possible; falls back to shared nationality or era.
Annot Robinson1874–1925United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandAnnot Robinson, nicknamed Annie, (née Wilkie; 8 June 1874 â 29 September 1925) was a Scottish suffragette and pacifist.
Oscar Wilde1854–1900United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandOscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 â 30 November 1900) was an Irish author, poet and playwright.
John Maclean1879–1923United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandJohn Maclean (24 August 1879 â 30 November 1923) was a Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary socialist of the Red Clydeside era.
Michael Collins1890–1922United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandMichael Collins (Irish: MÃcheál à Coileáin; 16 October 1890 â 22 August 1922) was an Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician who was a leading figure in the early-20th century struggle for Irish independence.
Constance Bulwer-Lytton1869–1923United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandLady Constance Georgina Bulwer-Lytton (12 February 1869 â 22 May 1923), usually known as Constance Lytton, was an influential British suffragette activist, writer, speaker and campaigner for prison reform, votes for women, and birth control.
Emmeline Pankhurst1858–1928United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandEmmeline Pankhurst (; née Goulden; 15 July 1858 â 14 June 1928) was a British political activist who organised the British suffragette movement and helped women to win the right to vote in Great Britain and Ireland in 1918.