Women’s Suffrage and Irish Home-Rule: A Comparative Analysis and Assessment of the Use of Violence against the British Establishment
Women’s Suffrage and Irish Home-Rule: A Comparative Analysis and Assessment of the Use of Violence against the British Establishment

Summary/Abstract: Women’s rights and Irish home-rule were the two most powerful issues in early 20th century United Kingdom that largely dominated political discourse. The main aim of the paper is to draw a parallel between these two prominent problems, their roots, together with the methods and solutions offered whether constitutional or violent. Secondly, it is a fact that the organisations that promoted pacifism in both questions have faded from public memory, whereas there are forty-five Easter Rising Memorials throughout Ireland together with a statue of Emmeline Pankhurst at Parliament. Although history seemingly teaches us that violence pays off, the paper claims that despite public opinion or legacy, neither the militant suffragettes nor the radical Irish Volunteers were the prime agents in bringing about a real solution to the problems of both minorities.

• Details
• Contents