The Women's Social and Progressive League was a women's organisation and political party founded in Ireland in 1937 by Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington. It was committed to opposing the 1937 constitution of Ireland and any regressive consequences it would entail; the organisation opposed articles 40, 41, and 45 concerning the status of women. Among its most prominent members were Dorothy Macardle,[1] Lorna Reynolds, Mary Hayden, Mary J. Hogan, Mary Macken, Mary S. Kettle and Agnes O'Farrelly.[2][3]
Women's Social and Progressive League | |
|---|---|
| Founder | Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington |
| Founded | 1937 |
| Dissolved | c. mid 1950s |
| Ideology | |
The party ran candidates in the 1938 Irish general election as well as the 1943 Irish general election.[1]
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- ^ "A life whose theme was freedom of women". The Irish Times. 2003-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ Depuis, Nicola (2009). Mná na hEireann. Cork: The Mercier Press.
