On Nollaig na mBan, we look back at some of the 'Pioneers of Parliamentary Politics' leading the way for the Women of Ireland - learn more here #seeforyourself #NollaignamBan #WomenInPolitics #Vótáil100

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/visit-and-learn/centenaries/votail-100/pioneers-in-parliamentary-politics/
Jennie Wyse Power - Senator - Business Woman - Restaurateur - Mother - Ladies' Land League Member - Suffragist and spoke against a series of laws discriminated against women - learn more here #seeforyourself #NollaignamBan #WomenInPolitics #Vótáil100

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/visit-and-learn/centenaries/votail-100/pioneers-in-parliamentary-politics/
Margaret Cousins - Co-founder of the Irish Women's Franchise League - Suffragist - Music Teacher - 1st female magistrate in India & served a 1 month sentence for breaking windows at 10 Downing St. #seeforyourself #NollaignamBan #WomenInPolitics #Vótáil100

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/visit-and-learn/centenaries/votail-100/pioneers-in-parliamentary-politics/
Winifred 'Winnie' Carney - Suffragist - Trade Unionist - Feminist - Republican & was one of the two women who stood in the 1918 general election. Learn more here #seeforyourself #NollaignamBan #WomenInPolitics #Vótáil100

https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/visit-and-learn/centenaries/votail-100/pioneers-in-parliamentary-politics/
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