Women's Social and Progressive League

Women's Social and Progressive League
Founder	Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington
Founded	1937
Dissolved	c. mid 1950s
Ideology	Feminism Social Liberalism Progressivism

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]}

The party ran candidates in the 1938 Irish general election as well as the 1943 Irish general election. ^[1]

See also

• Róisín Walsh

References

1. Berresford Ellis, Peter (2016). "A Reflection of Ghosts: The Life of Dorothy Macardle". The Green Book: Writings on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature (7): 63–81. JSTOR   48536112.
2. "A life whose theme was freedom of women". The Irish Times. 2003-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
3. Depuis, Nicola (2009). Mná na hEireann. Cork: The Mercier Press.