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In this pioneering collection, Cullen and Luddy chart the lives and
work of women who were significant figures in Irish political life
in the twentieth century. Cutting their activist teeth in the
suffrage campaign, many of these women went on to play an important
role on the national and international political stage. From trade
unionists-Louie Bennett, Helena Molony, and Mary Galway-to
political activists-Kathleen Lynn, Rosamond Jacob, Hanna Sheehy
Skeffington, and Margaret Cousins-these women campaigned on the
significant issues of their day, such as suffrage, pacifism,
republicanism, trade unionism, socialism, and health reform.
What were the laws on marriage in Ireland, and did church and state
differ in their interpretation? How did men and women meet and
arrange to marry? How important was patriarchy and a husband's
control over his wife? And what were the options available to Irish
men and women who wished to leave an unhappy marriage? This first
comprehensive history of marriage in Ireland across three centuries
looks below the level of elite society for a multi-faceted
exploration of how marriage was perceived, negotiated and
controlled by the church and state, as well as by individual men
and women within Irish society. Making extensive use of new and
under-utilised primary sources, Maria Luddy and Mary O'Dowd explain
the laws and customs around marriage in Ireland. Revising current
understandings of marital law and relations, Marriage in Ireland,
1660-1925 represents a major new contribution to Irish historical
studies.
This is the first book to tackle the controversial history of
prostitution in Ireland in the nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries. Maria Luddy uncovers the extent of prostitution in the
country, how Irish women came to work as prostitutes, their living
conditions and their treatment by society. She links discussions of
prostitution to the Irish nationalist and suffrage movements of the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, analysing the ways
in which Irish nationalism used the problems of prostitution and
venereal disease to argue for the withdrawal of the British from
Ireland. She also investigates the contentious history of Magdalen
asylums and explores how the infamous red-light district of
Dublin's 'Monto' was finally suppressed through the actions of the
Legion of Mary in the 1920s. Revealing complex social and religious
attitudes towards prostitution in Irish society, this book opens up
a new world in Ireland's social and political history.
This is the first book to tackle the controversial history of
prostitution in Ireland in the nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries. Maria Luddy uncovers the extent of prostitution in the
country, how Irish women came to work as prostitutes, their living
conditions and their treatment by society. She links discussions of
prostitution to the Irish nationalist and suffrage movements of the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, analysing the ways
in which Irish nationalism used the problems of prostitution and
venereal disease to argue for the withdrawal of the British from
Ireland. She also investigates the contentious history of Magdalen
asylums and explores how the infamous red-light district of
Dublin's 'Monto' was finally suppressed through the actions of the
Legion of Mary in the 1920s. Revealing complex social and religious
attitudes towards prostitution in Irish society, this book opens up
a new world in Ireland's social and political history.
This book examines the role of women in philanthropy in
nineteenth-century Ireland. The author focuses initially on the
impact of religion on the lives of women and argues that the
development of convents in the nineteenth century inhibited the
involvement of lay Catholic women in charity work. She goes on to
claim that sectarianism dominated women's philanthropic activity,
and also analyses the work of women in areas of moral concern, such
as prostitution and prison work. The book concludes that the most
progressive developments in the care of the poor were brought about
by non-conformist women, and a number of women involved in
reformist organisations were later to become pioneers in the cause
of suffrage. This study makes an important contribution both to
Irish history and to our knowledge of women's lives and experiences
in the nineteenth century.
This book examines the role of women in philanthropy in
nineteenth-century Ireland. The author focuses initially on the
impact of religion on the lives of women and argues that the
development of convents in the nineteenth century inhibited the
involvement of lay Catholic women in charity work. She goes on to
claim that sectarianism dominated women's philanthropic activity,
and also analyses the work of women in areas of moral concern, such
as prostitution and prison work. The book concludes that the most
progressive developments in the care of the poor were brought about
by non-conformist women, and a number of women involved in
reformist organisations were later to become pioneers in the cause
of suffrage. This study makes an important contribution both to
Irish history and to our knowledge of women's lives and experiences
in the nineteenth century. Winner of the 1996 American Conference
for Irish Studies James S. Donnelly prizer for History and Social
Sciences.
A valuable collection of over 100 sources and documents relating to
the public and private lives of women in Ireland during the period
1800-1918.
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Louie Bennett (Paperback)
Rosemary Cullen Owens; Volume editing by Fintan Lane, Maria Luddy
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R474
Discovery Miles 4 740
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Louie Bennett (1870-1956) was one of the most prominent female
public figures of the Irish twentieth century. A suffrage
campaigner, an advocate of peace, and an important trade unionist,
she was an influential personality on the international stage as
well as in Ireland. Despite this Bennett has not previously been
the subject of a serious biographical study. The writer, RM Fox,
produced a popular anecdotal biography following her death but many
areas of her life remained unresearched.Rosemary Cullen Owens in
this first biography of Louie Bennett examines the complexity of
her public life and details her connections to various social and
political movements. Particular attention is paid to her
involvement in the Irish Women's Workers Union of which she was a
leading member for many years.
Marriage was of huge significance to women and men for social,
emotional and economic reasons. Married women had greater status
than unmarried women, the most acceptable way to form families was
through marriage and, as in all time periods, both men and women
desired children. Economic stability, though not necessarily
guaranteed by marriage was an inducement to marriage for many
women, especially in a society where paid employment opportunities
for them were limited. A breach of promise to marry is a
fundamental break of a promise, by either a man or woman, to carry
through a marriage. Usually an engagement period precedes a
marriage and the couple make promises to marry sometime in the
future. In common law such promise was a legally binding contract,
and if broken the responsible party could be sued for a breach of
promise to marry. However, as this book will show, breach of
promise cases were not always straightforward. Such promises were
like a contract and like other contracts some sort of evidence was
required if a prosecution was to be successful and damages awarded.
In Ireland almost all the breach of promise cases, from the late
18th to the early 20th centuries, were brought by women.
Essentially, the woman who brought the case was seeking money,
'damages', for a broken promise of marriage. Exploring the history
of breach of promise cases in Ireland allows an insight into
courtship rituals, reveals the significance of monetary
considerations in marriage settlements, and the value that was
placed on women's, and men's, reputations.
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