Seanad debates
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
100 Years of Women's Suffrage in Ireland: Statements
10:30 am
Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source
I have two final sentences. I want to mention the two other qualities. They fought hard. This right was not granted; it was won. There was breaking of windows as well as the metaphorical breaking of glass windows. They would not allow a veneer of normality over a situation of inequality, and we are seeing that same battle today.
Lastly, and I will not talk about the contemporary situation as others have spoken about it, they set no limit to ambition. Eva Gore-Booth, the sister of Constance Markievicz, ran and was successful, and Winnie Carney also ran-----
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