Through The Eyes Of Margaret Cousins : Irish And Indian Suffragette

Quick overview Margaret Cousins, born in Boyle, Roscommon, in 1878 was co-founder if the Irish Women's Franchise League together with the Sheehy-Skeffingtons in 1908. She spent a month in Tullamore Jail for breaking the windows of Dublin Castle. She worked with Emmeline Pankhurst in England as well as bringing her to Cork and Derry amongst other places to speak on suffrage issues. She was airbrushed from Irish history when she and her husband James emigrated to India where she founded the All India Women's Conference and managed to achieve votes for women in India. Now is the time to bring her out of the shadows and restore her to her rightful place within the annals of Irish history.