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from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

An unsung hero

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  • 2 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:

    The IWRL was involved in a wide range of Women’s issues
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Sometimes Flickr is amazing ...
    Via Peace and Nonviolence Ireland / INNATE who writes,
    "Not very exciting to look at on the surface, this bench remembering Louie Bennett and her partner Helen Chenevix is situated in the little nook or alcove of the Garden for the Blind in St Stephen's Green, Dublin. But maybe in providing a piece of rest and quiet - and thus service to passing humanity - it is a fitting tribute to these two remarkable women. Sit awhile and ponder... "
    maps.app.goo.gl/5RCNM4QwMctU26UQ8
  • Niall McAuley said:
    At the www.dib.ie/biography/bennett-louisa-louie-a0581She is possibly best remembered for her leadership in the laundry workers' strike of 1945, during which IWWU members successfully fought for a fortnight's paid holiday.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    From irishgeneology, her birth in 1870 at Garville Ave, Rathgar
  • Niall McAuley said:
    And here death aged 86 as Louisa Bessie Bennett, Trade Union Secretary Retired.

Peggy looks cross so don't bother her!

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    The reverse says that Clair Marcelle were photographers in NYC and Philadelphia.

    I see google hits in 1921, 1937 for "Clair Marcelle" 5th Ave
  • Carol Maddock said:
    Niall McAuley And from Library Towers catalogue, and other libraries in the States, Mrs Margaret E. Hickey wrote letters from New York, and specifically Brooklyn.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    I think her perm looks 1930s?
  • Carol Maddock said:
    Margaret signs off this letter to Joseph McGarrity as writing from
    2177 Bedford Avenue (is that Brooklyn?)
    and from
    Irish Progressive League
    229 Lex[ington] Ave[nue]

    That letter is from the digital library at Villanova University. Beautiful clear handwriting. Margaret was obviously well acquainted with Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    There is a Margaret Hickey ion the 1940 US census living in New York, West 153rd St., born ~1905 in Ireland. EDIT: (not her)