
The Library
A 'sinister and retrogressive' proposal : Irish women's opposition to the 1937 draft constitution
Tools
Luddy, Maria (2005) A 'sinister and retrogressive' proposal : Irish women's opposition to the 1937 draft constitution. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol.15 . pp. 175-195. doi:10.1017/S0080440105000307 ISSN 0080-4401.
![]()
|
PDF
WRAP_Luddy_download.pdf - Requires a PDF viewer. Download (151Kb) |
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0080440105000307
Abstract
This article explores the campaign waged by Irish women against the draft constitution of 1937. A number of articles within the constitution were deemed by women activists to threaten both their rights as citizens and as workers. A campaign, organised principally by the Women Graduates' Association, the Joint Committee of Women's Societies and Social Workers, together with the Irish Women Workers' Union, sought to amend or delete the offending articles. The campaign ran for two months and in that period, feminists, the press, parliamentarians, the Catholic Church and republicans all engaged in the debate about women's position in Irish society.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D901 Europe (General) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1922-1949, Political campaigns -- Ireland, Women in politics -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Transactions of the Royal Historical Society | ||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0080-4401 | ||||
Official Date: | 28 November 2005 | ||||
Dates: |
|
||||
Volume: | Vol.15 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 175-195 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0080440105000307 | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Version or Related Resource: | Read 26 March 2004 at Royal Holloway, University of London. |
Request changes or add full text files to a record
Repository staff actions (login required)
![]() |
View Item |
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year