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Inclusion of Irish women in public and political life noted by State
07 Feb 2018; posted by editor - General

One hundred years to the day of the passing of the Representation of the People Act 1918, Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Minister Josepha Madigan launched a State programme marking the introduction of voting rights for women in 1918 and their right to stand in parliamentary elections.