WomenWorkersUnion

The Irish Women Workers Union Commemoration Committee. Celebrating the work of the IWWU from its founding in 1911 until its amalgamation with the FWUI in 1984.

[WomenWorkersUnion @TheIWWU]

What a wonderful piece by @caitbeaumont on stumbling upon the part the grandmother she thought she knew so well had played in fight for Irish independence..,

https://t.co/1y4OwWLWfL

[Prof Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont]

@TheIWWU

[Marteen Lane @marteenlane]

The Challenges in Unionising Women Workers in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries 👉 https://t.co/bJjEG2BWSa 🚺

📸 NLI Members of the Irish Women’s Workers’ Union on the steps of Liberty Hall c. 1914 (NLI, KE 204).

#IrishHistory #IrishWmnHistory #WomensHistory #History

[The Irish Times @IrishTimes]

Pioneering journalist Mary Maher dies aged 81 https://t.co/T5qOwuITE7

[Adam Bienkov @AdamBienkov]

Conservative MP Nick Fletcher says Doctor Who being played by a woman has pushed young men into crime.

[Labour Intercultural @LabEquality]

Tomorrow Sunday 5th September 12:30-13:30.

Join Labour Trade Unionists as they host a commemoration of the @TheIWWU with contributions from

@MaryMcAuliffe4 @AlisonGilliland and @jesslynhenry

Register here: https://t.co/17fvFNbNxl

[Catherine Ann Cullen @tarryathome]

@FinnClodagh Here's my sonnet about Rosie, written for the opening of her bridge.

[Clodagh Finn, now on Instagram @FinnClodagh]

#ThroughHerEyes diary
Rosie Hackett (1893-1976), trade unionist and co-founder of the Irish Women Worker's Union. She worked at Jacobs' biscuits where Jim Larkin said conditions would send workers 'from this earth 20 years before their time’. 1/2

[Prof Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont]

My short film with @Channel4News on women's suffrage protest has now had 70,000+ views. This cheers me up no end when history in UK HE is under fire. Esp. love emails I get from A-Level students keen to know more. @LSBU @LSBU_LSS @LSBU_RaceGender
https://t.co/eiD2ToGiyS

[WomenWorkersUnion @TheIWWU]

@caitbeaumont Wonderful stuff, Cait.

[Marteen Lane @marteenlane]

The Challenges in Unionising #WomenWorkers in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries https://t.co/bJjEG2BWSa 🚺

📸 Members of the Irish Women’s Workers’ Union on the steps of Liberty Hall c. 1914 (NLI, KE 204)

#WomensHistory #IrishWmnHist #LabourHistory #IrishHistory #History

[Prof Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont]

Ref to modest dress esp. for working class girls reminds me of Mary Immaculate Teacher Training College in Limerick's 'Modest Dress & Deportment Crusade' in 1927 that called for: dresses 4 inches+ below knee, sleeves 2 inches+ below elbow & never stockings suggesting 'the nude'.

[UCD Press @UCDPress]

Spring lectures at the Irish Labour History Society - do join in! Author of our excellent biography on Margaret Skinnider Mary McAuliffe @MaryMcAuliffe4 @gender_ucd @UCDSocialPWJ @ucddublin and many more interesting speakers. See details here:

[Dr Dawn Miranda Sherratt-Bado @drdawnmiranda]

'What did the women do anyway?' Delighted this came on #NollaigNamBan! Women & the Irish Revolution, ed. by @Linda__Connolly, remembers unspoken stories & 'unspoken women' of the period. An essential corrective to masculinist historical narratives in the Decade of Commemorations.

[Prof Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont]

@TheIWWU @DeirdroFoley Sounds like a great programme, sorry to miss it.

[WomenWorkersUnion @TheIWWU]

Reminder that 100 years on, the problems are essentially the same...

[The Guardian @guardian]

Boohoo selling clothes made by Pakistani workers 'who earned 29p an hour' https://t.co/hbNyuiU6ur

[WomenWorkersUnion @TheIWWU]

Ooops... this nearly passed us by...

[RTÉ Brainstorm @RTEBrainstorm]

Margaret Skinnider: the story of how the Scottish revolutionary feminist went from maths teacher to Easter Rising 1916 sharpshooter. By @Mary__Moynihan @WeAreTUDublin https://t.co/tIIH3dyK7V #MathsWeek

[Prof Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont]

I am so very sad to hear this news. Margaret was such a support & inspiration to me starting out at @UCDHistory @ucddublin & gave me confidence to present my work & enabled my first publications. She was an amazing advocate & role model. Couldn't have done it without her.

[WomenWorkersUnion @TheIWWU]

Saddened to hear the new of Margaret MacCurtain’s death. She was a wonderful force for good and a hugely important figure in the field of Irish women’s history. Her legacy is evident in the generation of historians she influenced and inspired.

[WomenWorkersUnion @TheIWWU]

An incredible force and inspiration....

[Womenscouncilireland @NWCI]

“Strategic, contemplative and disciplined, but with a passion for the feminist cause that is rarely admitted into the halls of power, Ginsburg established an impressive legal legacy long before she became a judge.” https://t.co/J6w5yCu7yz