This is an audio and transcript of an interview with Evelyn Conlon about her experience as part of the women's movement in Ireland. Evelyn was an activist and member of Irishwomen United and the Contraception Action Programme. Evelyn discusses her involvement in the Rape Crisis C

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This is an audio and transcript of an interview with Anne Speed about her experience as part of the women's movement in Ireland. Anne was an activist and member of Irishwomen United and the Contraception Action Programme. In this interview Anne discusses Northern Ireland, class,

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This is an audio and transcript of an interview with Hilda Tweedy about her experience as part of the women's movement in Ireland. Hilda was an activist for women's rights and in consumer affairs. You can read here biography here: https://www.dib.ie/biography/tweedy-muriel-hilda-

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This is an audio and transcript of an interview with Anne O'Connor her their experience as part of the women's movement in Ireland. The beginning of this audio, and therefore transcript, is missing. Anne was founder of the organisation AIM which lobbied for divorce and the right

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This is an audio and transcript of an interview with Máirín De Burca about her experience as part of the women's movement in Ireland. Máirín is an IRish writer, journalist and activist. In this interview Máirín discusses the anti-apartheid movement, the branching off of the women

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This is an audio and transcript of an interview with Dorothy (Doris) Molloy about her experience as part of the women's movement in Ireland. Dorris was a poet, journalist, artist and activist. In this interview Dorris discusses equal pay for equal work and equality in the workpla

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This is an audio and transcript of an interview with May O'Brien about her experience as part of the women's movement in Ireland. May is a trade union activist and human rights activist. May talks about growing up in a working class family. She discusses the Congress of Trade Uni

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This is an audio and transcript of an interview with Kathleen Maher about her experience as part of the women's movement in Ireland. Kathleen discusses community development and advocacy for the working class. She talks about class as an issue within the feminist movement in Dubl

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This is an audio and transcript of an interview with Róisín Conroy about her experience as part of the women's movement in Ireland. Róisín was an activist, publisher and founder of Attic Press. In this interview Róisín recalls her experience in the trade union labour movement. Sh

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This is an audio and transcript of an interview with Eileen Proctor about her experience as part of the women's movement in Ireland. Eileen was founder of the National Association for Widows in Ireland. In this interview Eileen discusses community activism, social class, educatio

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The interviewee is an Italian female migrant in her 30s. She talks about her experience of activism in Italy prior to becoming involved in pro-choice campaigning in Ireland with MERJ. She talks about her difficulties in finding a way to become close to the Abortion Rights Campaig

Anarchism | Abortion | reproductive rights

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Éilís grew up in the west of Ireland. For the early years of campaigning she was living in Dublin. In her interview she speaks about her experience of moving to a rural area in the west where she assisted in setting up a branch of the Abortion Rights Campaign. She talks about her

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