Constance Markievicz
The first woman elected to the House of Commons.
Concluding Observations of UN Committee against Torture regarding the Magdalene Laundries (2011)
In 2011, the United Nations Committee against Torture found that the Irish State had failed to protect girls and women who were involuntarily confined in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries.
Elizabeth Lane
Elizabeth Lane was the first woman appointed to the High Court.
Family Allowances Act 1945
The Family Allowances Act 1945 introduced child benefit paid to women.
Education Act 1944
The Education Act 1944 removed the marriage bar in teaching and gave working-class girls access to high school education.
Frances Moran
Frances Moran was the first woman law professor in Ireland.
DPP v Jonathan Cape and Leopold Hill (1928)
DPP v Jonathan Cape and Leopold Hill - the "Well of Loneliness" case - gave legal and social visibility to lesbianism.
Edwards v A-G of Canada (1930)
Edwards v A-G of Canada, one of the so-called 'Persons cases' established that women were people in law for the first time.