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4 Potential Articles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Women%27s_Suffrage_Association https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercy_Lewis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janice_Jordan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_Porter Stormingorman17 (talk) 20:36, 26 February 2017 (UTC)

Topic: Dublin Women's Suffrage Association

What I can add: So much. The "article" in place now is just a very brief description. I want to go in depth about why the name changes occurred, who were the prominent members and how did they come to power, the acts they pushed to get passed and just more background knowledge on the subject. Bibliography: Crawford, Elizabeth. The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland: A Regional Survey. London: Routledge, 2008. Print. "Haslam, Anna (1829–1922)." Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia.com, n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2017. "The International Story of the Women's Suffrage Movement." The International Story of the Women's Suffrage Movement | Century Ireland. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2017. Luddy, Maria. "Separate but Equal." The Irish Times. The Irish Times, 16 Oct. 2012. Web. 14 Mar. 2017. Stormingorman17 (talk) 20:40, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

Dublin’s Women’s Suffrage Association Lead Section

Lead Section:

The Dublin’s Women’s Suffrage Association was an organization founded in Dublin, Ireland in 1876. It’s founders consisted of a married couple, Anna and Thomas Haslam as well as Miss McDowell. Together they helped start a movement that would not only help women get the right to vote, but be seen as equal members in society.

Anna was born to lead movements for the betterment of women. Her early life consisted of being exposed to and taking part in reforms, philanthropy and relief efforts. Her parents valued education and put her through school to help her gain a better understanding of the world. Through these values instilled in her, Anna lead a crusade of reforms to help women receive an education and jobs as well as property rights. These ideals would later go on to help create the Dublin’s Women’s Suffrage Association [1].

As the movement for women’s rights and equality began to spread and catch momentum, progress was finally beginning to be made. Meetings were being held publicly to discuss these “taboo” ideas, petitions were being signed and a discussion was finally being held in the government about this movement. However, the ways in which women were going about these reforms fell into the stereotype of women being meek and non-confrontational. This was only a small hiccup in the movement’s path, as Thomas Haslam put it, “women do not despise their home duties; on the contrary, they wish to become more capable wives and mothers than their stunted education has ever yet permitted them to be [2]”. This was a great political strategy for the movement, because it made the ideas seem less radical to people who opposed it and it still got their ideals across.

In 1876, the Dublin’s Women’s Suffrage Association was founded and sparked the fire that was the political revolution for Irishwomen. It was the first permanent suffrage society in Ireland, and only the third in the British Isles [1]. It changed its name several times: first to the Dublin Women's Suffrage and Poor Law Guardian Association, when women won eligibility as poor law guardians, then formally to the Dublin Women's Suffrage and Local Government Association when they gained all local government franchises and eligibility for election as district councilors, and in 1898 the Local Government (Ireland) Act granted rural and urban district council voting rights to women. This lead to the name, Irish Women's Suffrage and Local Government Association as the suffrage movement expanded coming up to the turn of the century. These name changes highlighted the strides that were made in the movement towards women’s suffrage and equality, from being a specific reform to an all-inclusive movement for all Irishwomen.

From the discussions raised to the acts passed, the Dublin’s Women’s Suffrage Association was a crucial aspect of the women’s equality movement. It’s ideals and lessons taught still ring true today.

References:

1^ "Haslam, Anna (1829–1922)." Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. .Encyclopedia.com. 10 Apr. 2017 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

2^ "The International Story of the Women's Suffrage Movement." The International Story of the Women's Suffrage Movement | Century Ireland. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Apr. 2017.

3^ Luddy, Maria. "Separate but Equal." The Irish Times. The Irish Times, 16 Oct. 2012. Web. 10 Apr. 2017.

Stormingorman17 (talk) 19:57, 10 April 2017 (UTC)