... RN P 3 The suffragette movement: its effect on the women of Ulster ...

... B e—— e = T TR ST AR e Spotlight on Ulsters suffragette struggle JUST-published study Aof women in Ulster politics in the 50-year period up to 1940 is being hailed as the first major work of its kind. Given the publisher’s breakthrough claims, it was ...

... widely known fact but the turn of the last century saw significant suffragette activity in Lisburn. Indeed in their bid to secure voting rights for women, members of the Lisburn Suffragette Society were involved in everything from arson attacks, Cathedral ...

... artistic director Peter Morgan Barnes said there was suffragette activity in Lisburn since 1909 when a local society was founded by Dunmurry woman Lilian Metge. “At its height the Lisburn Suffragette Society had about 80 members,” he said. “Lilian Metge ...

... Activities Peter claimed the activities of the suffragettes undoubtedly exasperated the authorities, with at times the women involved being seemingly almost ‘outside the law’. Saying that when World War | broke out, the women declared a truce and devoted ...

... respective unionist and nationalist leaders, were frequently heckled at political meetings from which suffragettes were bundled out. Nor was hostility to suffragettes confined to the political arena. In 1912 the suffrage weekly, Irish Citizen, reported that “mob ...

... Terror of the Wil Women recalled ild Women Released ran Wone headline in the Lisburn Herald whilst another read Suffragette Antics in Lisburn Court. It would be a brave and extremely non-PC journalist who'd pen those lines now, but thez:arwu 1914 and ...

... crucial role on the home front during the war, taking on jobs which had been traditionally the sole preserve of men. The suffragettes caused havoc throughout the decade, with their demonstrations becoming more violent. Their leader, Emmeline Pankhurst, ...

... and the date of the crimes with which the women had been arraigned, Au{um. 1. The accusation was that the members of the Suffragette Movement had bombed Lisburn Cathedral. These were turbulent times. On June 28, in Sarajevo, Gavrilth e Sopasent o th At ...

... Successful loca history course draws to close EVERYTHING from fairy bullets to suffragettes has been covered in a local history course in Ballycarry! The course was funded by the Rural Community Network as part of their support for the Village Heritage ...

... Successful local history course draws to a close in Ballycarry EVERYTHING from fairy bullets to suffragettes has been covered in a local history course in Ballycarry! The course was funded by the Rural Community Network as part of their support for the ...

... recreation of the Battle of the Somme. “Women at War’ exhibition, examining their involvement in the Home Rule crisis, the Suffragette movement and World War |, at home and abroad. Gift Shop, military books and badges. Situated off the main Bangor to Newtownards ...