Cullen, Pauline
(2015)
The Irish Women's Movement.
Global Dialogue, 5 (2).
ISSN 1450-0590
Abstract
Ireland’s long history of patriarchy is matched by the ongoing evolution of its women’s movements.
Today’s complex, transnational feminism finds its precursor in the colonial era. The first wave of the Irish
women’s movement dates from the mid-19th century, with the franchise secured for women in 1918 while
still under British colonial rule. First-wave feminists played a role in the nationalist movement, but their
demands were sidelined later, during the construction of a conservative Catholic post-colonial Irish state.
In the 1970s, the second wave marked a critical period of radicalism and consolidation, with important
gains on issues of violence against women and women’s reproductive rights. The 1980s, in contrast, were
a period of social conservatism, high unemployment and emigration, marked by a significant backlash
against gains made by women’s rights advocates, including constitutional bans on divorce and abortion.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Irish; Women; Movement; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology |
| Item ID: |
6354 |
| Depositing User: |
Dr. Pauline Cullen
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| Date Deposited: |
15 Sep 2015 16:15 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Global Dialogue |
| Publisher: |
Centre for World Dialogue |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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