Women have too often been written out of history. This is
especially true in the fight for Irish independence. The women's
struggle was three-fold, beginning with the suffragettes' fight to
win the vote. Then came the push for fair pay and working
conditions. Binding them together became part of the national
struggle, first for home rule, then for the establishment of an
Irish Republic. The Easter Rising of 1916 brought them together as
soldiers of the Republic. Through the terrible years that followed
they became the conscience of Republicanism. Following
independence, they were betrayed by the men they had served
alongside. DeValera and the Catholic Church restricted their roles
in society-they were to be wives and mothers without a voice. It
was not until Ireland's entry into the European community and the
self destruction of a corrupt Church that Irish women were
acknowledged for what they had achieved.
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